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# Sidewalk Ghosts by Richard Radstone

Stories that better the way we view and treat one another

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- [“Baby Steps” — Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 4](https://sidewalkghosts.com/baby-steps-sidewalk-ghosts-season-3-episode-4/) - From feeling invisible to facing her darkness with courage and honesty, today’s Stranger now Friend, musician, mother, and humorist Emily shares a journey that inspires and invites all of us toward gentler, more hopeful tomorrows.
- [I am a child of God - Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 3](https://sidewalkghosts.com/i-am-a-child-of-god-sidewalk-ghosts-season-3_episode-3/) - Host of Ward Radio, Cardon Ellis shares more than a sense of humor and a researching mind, but rather, a set of ideas that can touch the hearts of us all. Cardon A willingness and a propensity to go out of your way to better the lives of others, without expecting something in return. To
- [Crystal Ball - Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 2](https://sidewalkghosts.com/crystal-ball-sidewalk-ghosts-season-3-episode-2/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0016:48 Crystal Ball – Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 2 Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player As she faces her ashes and her light, today’s stranger now friend, Melanie, reminds us to love ourselves
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Day 104: "We're Living The Dream"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-104-were-living-the-dream/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Bruce, remember what we were just talking about? ‘Words for the world,’ check out what this guy is doing, we should do it.” Today we’re half way to Arizona: our annual family holiday visit with my wife’s side of the family. So far, thanks to a departure time
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 103: The Golden Rule](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-103-the-golden-rule/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “What I’ve learned is that life is not all about me! me! me! We all need to realize that there are other people out there; we need to be patient with each other, those in the same position as ourselves, or those having greater difficulties. Good people who
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 102: A Good Teacher](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-102-a-good-teacher/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Treat every day as if it is the last day you will see. Life is so fragile; you never know what could happen in a second. There are so many unforeseen pitfalls. Everything could be fantastic and could change instantly.” The first words Richard (yup, he has the
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Day 101: Gambling The Right Way](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-101-gambling-the-right-way/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I’ve overcome a lot, drinking, hard drugs, the loss of a business (a sports bar), and a failed marriage.” From time to time, I’ve spoken of my birthplace, London, England. And though my family migrated to the United States in 1961, me being age one, my blood still
- [Day 101: Gambling the right way](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-101-gambling-the-right-way/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I’ve overcome a lot, drinking, hard drugs, the loss of a business (a sports bar), and a failed marriage.” From time to time, I’ve spoken of my birthplace, London, England. And though my family migrated to the United States in 1961, me being age one, my blood still
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Day 100: “No Matter What Happens, Just Believe"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-100-no-matter-what-happens-just-believe/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “In Sri Lanka I was an Investment Advisor, and I am now going to college studying marketing and business. One day I want to own a station like this one.” I’m sure you are getting used to my travel journals by now. Some days you hear a lot
- ["Unwind" — Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 1](https://sidewalkghosts.com/unwind-sidewalk-ghosts-season-3-episode-1/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:00 13:53 “Unwind” — Sidewalk Ghosts, Season 3, Episode 1 Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player A self-described “bunny spirit” unravels her old wounds with gentle resilience, finding grace in the mess and in
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 50: The Space Between](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-50-the-space-between/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:000:12:46 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 50: The Space Between Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player Unleashed past the expectations of the world, musical artist Radhika Vekaria invites us all to a symphony of our own
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 66_ Let Go](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-66_-let-go/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:18:14 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 66_ Let Go Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player With a 6-percent chance of survival, todays stranger-now-friend, Morgan, helps us look past Cancer and teaches us to better see the
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 65: Till Death Point Me Right](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-65-till-death-point-me-right/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:14:29 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 65: Till Death Point Me Right Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player Celebrity designer Danielle Judd shares how a life-threatening illness and a promise to God gave her another chance.
- [Day 128: Random Act of Kindness](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-128-random-act-of-kindness/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] Be courageous. Look at your life, but do not reflect on it. Lean on your experiences, education, spirituality, and conscience to make your decisions, and once made, constantly listen to your self-voice and be strong and humble enough to follow your own inspiration.” “Be present and mindful. Not
- [Day 113: Sic Vis Pacem Para Pellum](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-113-sic-vis-pacem-para-pellum/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I’d like to see more people taking care of themselves and the planet.” Thirteen has always been a lucky number for me. Perhaps being born on May 13th is a contributor to my choice of fortunate digits, or maybe because I got my first driver’s license on Friday
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 64: Leahrella?](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-64-leahrella/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:14:28 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 64: Leahrella? Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player A creative genius and humorist turns the glass slipper upside down, and as she does, she helps us to better see each
- [Day 348: The gentle giant](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-day-348/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I’d tell everybody to treat each other like you want to be treated. There are a lot of different people in the world, but still, we are cut from the same cloth. We’re people. We’re human. It’s not about ethnicity. Even though the world sees it that way.
- [Day 256: Hey, I'm a teenager, I don't know everything](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-day-256/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] ““If life were perfect, then everything would suck and there would be nothing to learn.” I get into a sidewalk discussion with a couple of unknown neighbors. Denise (not pictured) loves the 365 project. “You should interview my sixteen-year-old son, he always has something to say.”Five minutes later, I’m
- [Day 77: BLACK FRIDAY???](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-day-77/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “We’ve been doing this for six years. It’s our chance to hang out and catch up.” It’s Thursday morning and I’m prepping for the afternoon Thanksgiving meal to come. It’s the one meal of the year that is pure gluttony married to a feast with a purpose: To be
- [Day 281: A burger that introduced me to a brighter light](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-day-281/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I was getting famous, it was turning me into a product and I did not like it. That is when I went into finance.” “I was getting famous, it was turning me into a product and I did not like it. That is when I went into finance,” Jerry
- [Day 232: A guide to all the is good](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-232-a-guide-to-all-the-is-good-2/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “There is always a tomorrow. To me, it’s not worth stressing too much.” Every year an American tradition has happened since the dawn of modern education: The High School Prom.A night where young men rehearse gentlemanly conduct (they better) as they escort young ladies to fairytale evenings (we
- [Day 216: It's OK to be bored every once and a while](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-216-its-ok-to-be-bored-every-once-and-a-while/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “It’s OK to be bored every once in a while. For some people… being bored is a sin, but if you look at it as a space where you can shut down stimulus so your mind can work… it’s really a place where you can come up with
- [Day 282: Nice Hat](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-282-nice-hat/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “We should never prejudge anyone, not by color, not religion, not by where we come from. Just be good people, the rest will come from self.” Yup, The world is an awesome planet! So, I’m driving down the street and when arriving at a stop sign I notice
- [Day 307: The Farralone Line](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-307-the-farralone-line/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Live every day like it is your last. Because you never know what is going to happen.” On day 124, we met Fernando and spoke about an invisible border that separates two distinctly different neighborhoods. Thirty feet of auto-traveled asphalt that I defined as the Farralone line, a black-topped
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 63: Shine](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-63-shine/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0015:41 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 63: Shine Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player As she tributes the brutal loss of a high school friend and of difficult childhood years, today’s Stranger-now-Friend Tracy, teaches us how
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 62: Never Gone](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-62-never-gone/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:12:54 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 62: Never Gone Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player As she talks of the loss of her son to suicide, Chris opens her heart to others living the same pain,
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 61: Just Like You And I](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-61-just-like-you-and-i/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:23:38 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 61: Just Like You And I Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player He’s lived prison, addiction, and pain. But as we listen to his emergence from a dark and troubled
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 60: The Stand](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-60-the-stand/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:11:18 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 60: The Stand Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player Leaning into a new form of F-bomb, Former California Councilmember Allen Warren, points all of us toward the big resolve Share
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 59: Transformation](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-59-transformation/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:11:35 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 59: Transformation Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player After a short marriage and facing the pain of a young divorce, today’s stranger-now-friend, Bisi, opens our hearts toward a brighter future.
- [Day 001: Introducing 365 Strangers / 365 Days](https://sidewalkghosts.com/introducing-365-strangers-365-days-day-001/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] Slava, 61 – Professional Chauffeur My findings… the stranger across the row from me is just as uncomfortable as I am about the situation. My ruling (partially derived from the, I’m guessing, Swedish language he yells in doing his best to communicate with a woman seated several rows
- [Episode 01: Miss M – The Storm Starter](https://sidewalkghosts.com/miss-m-the-storm-starter/) - Mocking, she exclaimed for all to hear, “Do you have a dime? Unbelievable!”
- [Episode 02:The Plumberman](https://sidewalkghosts.com/the-plumberman/) - His greeting was more than a passing hello.
- [Episode 03: Whispering Angels](https://sidewalkghosts.com/whispering-angels/) - "It was as if an Angel had reached past the darkness of temporary scarecrows and brought forward ghosts in the closet.
- [Episode 04: The Naked Systems Analyst](https://sidewalkghosts.com/the-naked-systems-analyst/) - In his almost nude, most likely waxed, and very public form; he twisted his barbershop quartet mustache as a not so assuming tourist posed by his side.
- [Episode 05: The Blessing](https://sidewalkghosts.com/the-blessing/) - He paused, and as many a good Rabbi does, I could almost hear the still air as the room grew silent.
- [Episode 06: The Schwanman](https://sidewalkghosts.com/the-schwanman/) - A crazy family Christmas finds a lesson to be remembered.
- [Episode 07: A Gentle Giant](https://sidewalkghosts.com/a-gentle-giant/) - He was a giant of a man, but there was something about him that drew me in.
- [Episode 08: Intercede](https://sidewalkghosts.com/intercede/) - In my good intents, I frightened her, and as I did, my heart broke.
- [Episode 09: The Family Of What’s To Come](https://sidewalkghosts.com/the-family-of-whats-to-come/) - Then, like a purifying lightning bolt, it hit me. Rachel’s most romantic comment called me out as I thought about what’s ultimately ahead for us all...
- [Episode 10: Epitaph](https://sidewalkghosts.com/epitaph/) - Extroverted and strongly opinionated he was. The kind of guy many would call intimidating, aggressive, or for some, maybe even annoying. But as he dropped his salesman pitch, he exposed a softer underbelly.
- [Episode 11: The Doll of Melrose](https://sidewalkghosts.com/the-doll-of-melrose/) - Her name was Stephanie, and, in releasing the words that originally polarized me from her, I found the heart of a Doll...
- [Episode 12: A Guide To All That Is Good](https://sidewalkghosts.com/a-guide-to-all-that-is-good/) - Her voice heavy with French accent she told me of a father who was very negative, and a dad who worried about everything.
- [Episode 13: Of What’s To Come](https://sidewalkghosts.com/of-whats-to-come/) - My projection of a Monster in our midst.
- [Episode 14: Ripples](https://sidewalkghosts.com/ripples/) - An unnamed storekeep calmed the storm of Covid frightened people.
- [Episode 15: The Student Of Paz](https://sidewalkghosts.com/the-student-of-paz/) - And until that night, he was a stranger to me. An unknown shadow under a flickering streetlamp just outside a neighborhood haunt called Casey’s Tavern...
- [Episode 16: Invisible Impressions](https://sidewalkghosts.com/invisible-impressions/) - Rikki was her name,and in reviewing her narration, it seemed she tapped into a most personal and intimidating question: WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE?
- [Episode 17: Monument](https://sidewalkghosts.com/monument/) - On the front of the stack an 80-year-old picture of a little boy told me of her roots
- [Episode 18: Echoes Of Her Footprint](https://sidewalkghosts.com/echoes-of-her-footprint/) - The echoes of snores and other embarrassing body sounds bounced off the granite walls, as all around me hundreds of families huddled into makeshift homesteads. The clock struck 12:03 am, and with the second announcement of what seemed a boarding school inspired lights out, I wiggled to find any comfortable sleeping position. A sadly impossible
- [Episode 19: The Train To Sankofa](https://sidewalkghosts.com/the-train-to-sankofa/) - I’ll just call her Aunty, and there we were, two people from drastically different backgrounds, sitting together in her living room. Around us walls filled with a mix of photographs, recognitions, tribal masks and musical instruments that symbolically told of African roots and her 81 years of life as a black American...
- [Episode 20: Fathers, Mothers, and Us](https://sidewalkghosts.com/fathers-mothers-and-us/) - A story about the fathers we have
- [Episode 21: How About A Funny Face](https://sidewalkghosts.com/how-about-a-funny-face/) - He looked damaged, but not deserving to be mocked.
- [Episode 22: At The Center Of It All](https://sidewalkghosts.com/at-the-center-of-it-all/) - She was compassion in a room full of loneliness.
- [Episode 23: A Real Head Turner](https://sidewalkghosts.com/a-real-head-turner/) - As her tone settled to a purr, I began to see past her dark exterior.
- [Episode 24: A Butt Kicker](https://sidewalkghosts.com/a-butt-kicker/) - In the middle of my anger, she brought me back to my peaceful self.
- [Episode 25: She And The Unknown Voice](https://sidewalkghosts.com/she-and-the-unknown-voice/) - How one truck stop gesture left a lasting impression
- [Episode 26: Beyond Their IMDB](https://sidewalkghosts.com/beyond-their-imdb/) - Danny Glover and Cedric The Entertainer open their hearts as they speak of what's most important.
- [Episode 27: Of Her Light](https://sidewalkghosts.com/of-her-light/) - Her fragile secret grows our love for each other and hers for a God that carries her.
- [Episode 28: Caduceus](https://sidewalkghosts.com/caduceus/) - A recognized doctor and author, speaks of a medicine within the reach of our own hands.
- [Episode 29: Of Feathers Bruised and Burned](https://sidewalkghosts.com/of-feathers-bruised-and-burned/) - Raised on the streets of a 1970's Harlem, he guides past the troubles and temptation that block us.
- [Episode 30: Legacy](https://sidewalkghosts.com/legacy/) - A powerful New York entrepreneur, reveals her most important secret.
- [Episode 31: The Caretaker In Us All](https://sidewalkghosts.com/the-caretaker-in-us-all/) - They both had painful pasts, but these blood sisters have found the secret to embracing the world around us.
- [Episode 32: The Next Great Question](https://sidewalkghosts.com/episode-32-the-next-great-question/) - A British father, filmmaker and podcaster lowers his wall to talk of what we can become and the pasts we are carrying.
- [Episode 33: Love Your Choice](https://sidewalkghosts.com/episode-33-love-your-choice/) - Two weeks away from their marriage, they share a few thoughts about living forward.
- [Episode 34: Broken Chains](https://sidewalkghosts.com/episode-34-broken-chains/) - A counter culture diva reflects upon her full and colorful life.
- [Episode 35: Might We Walk Together](https://sidewalkghosts.com/episode-35-might-we-walk-together/) - In the center of India, his words are mature beyond his years.
- [Episode 36: The True Meaning Of Strength](https://sidewalkghosts.com/episode-36-the-true-meaning-of-strength/) - On her own, she faced her obstacles. On her own, she found a new life, and on her own, her love for a new country blossomed.
- [Episode 37: Skull Stuff](https://sidewalkghosts.com/episode-37-skull-stuff/) - A crazy weirdo artist who makes skull stuff talks of the world we are walking toward.
- [Episode 38: Over The Dystopia](https://sidewalkghosts.com/episode-38-over-the-dystopia/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:00 00:06:31 Episode 38: Over The Dystopia Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player A seasoned career man drops his walls to speak of higher priorities. Share This Article Share This Article On https://sidewalkghosts.com/episode-38-over-the-dystopia/
- [Episode 39: Cadence](https://sidewalkghosts.com/episode-39-cadence/) - A non-typical life coach and speaker, reveals his life to grow us past suffering.
- [Episode 40: The Anarchist](https://sidewalkghosts.com/episode-40-the-anarchist/) - A teacher, father and self-defined anarchist speaks of a better world.
- [Episode 41: Her Mothers Eyes](https://sidewalkghosts.com/episode-41-her-mothers-eyes/) - As she fights against the darkness of human trafficking, she reveals a superpower within the reach of us all. Lucy My mom grew up in an orphanage. She was born in Nineteen thirty-five, and I think she went into the orphanage probably around Nineteen thirty-eight or thirty-nine. But it wasn't until I was an adult
- [Episode 42: The End Result](https://sidewalkghosts.com/episode-42-the-end-result/) - Transcending the abuse of childhood, and touched by the spark of one individual, she is healing the hearts of many.
- [Episode 43: The Real Rydaz](https://sidewalkghosts.com/episode-43-the-real-rydaz/) - Raised on darker streets, they have turned their lives toward bettering the lives of our future leaders...
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 44: Into The Veil](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-44-into-the-veil/) - She viewed her death, and as she spiritually screamed a question in anger, she found a path that can guide us all...
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 45: Hold On](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-45-hold-on/) - A spokesperson for the gifts we each have to offer, she defines a word that can resolve the pains we bear…
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 46: Witness](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-46-witness/) - A global traveler and producer shows us a pathway to better seeing the worth of our diverse selves....
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 47: The Eldest Son](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-47-the-eldest-son/) - He sold me my new...used car, but more than that, he revealed the past he lived and to whom he gives credit…
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 48: The Value of Life](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-48-the-value-of-life/) - Overcoming the lows of life and thoughts of suicide, he turns our hearts toward the blessing that we all have in store…
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 49: If I Need](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-49-if-i-need/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:11:26 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 49: If I Need Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player A 6-year-old and a mother point us toward the ultimate healer. Share This Article Share This Article On https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-49-if-i-need/
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 51: She's My Teacher](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-51-shes-my-teacher/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:08:50 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 51: She’s My Teacher Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player Caroline Boudreaux… A seasoned media executive’s life changes the moment she placed her in a wooden bed…
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 52: The Darkest Gift](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-52-the-darkest-gift/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:12:40 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 52: The Darkest Gift Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player Actor Patrick Roper thinks not of his battle with life-threatening Cancer but instead points his wisdom to a place where
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 53: The Next Brave Step](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-53-the-next-brave-step/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:13:19 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 53: The Next Brave Step Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player Brian Mavis, of America’s Kids Belong, uplifts us to embrace the pain within ourselves as we better see the
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 54: The Wonderment](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-54-the-wonderment/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:11:23 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 54: The Wonderment Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player In a style only she can carry, today’s Stranger-Now-Friend, Educator Afua Daines, points us toward a castle she calls “Beyond Measure.”
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 55: Greenflake](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-54-greenflake/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:11:59 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 55: Greenflake Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player Musician, writer, and director Mauli Bonner points us toward a better future, and a view of an enslaved history we should never
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 56: Cutter](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-56-cutter/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:14:01 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 56: Cutter Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player Cutter is his name, and as he speaks of a world full of comparisons, he inspires us to question the meaning of
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 57: Metaverse](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-57-metaverse/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:16:16 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 57: Metaverse Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player In a world where we are rapidly becoming digitally separated, today’s Stranger-now-Friend, the young and wise Saif, proves the rising generation just
- [Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 58: Different Lenses](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-episode-58-different-lenses/) - 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:15:07 Sidewalk Ghosts Episode 58: Different Lenses Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotify Powered by the Simple Podcast Press Player A self-proclaimed “fish out of water,” Actor Jon Heder, reveals his spiritual outlook in a way that inspires us all to
- [Day 010: Fifteen Years of Passion](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-010-fifteen-years-of-passion/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] Whatever You Promise—You Deliver Sunday afternoon, my day for spiritual worship and family time. I’m sure many of us covet this day to refill our wells for the week to come. 10 days into 365 and Sundays are already becoming the hardest day to get my butt moving.
- [Day 012: The World Is The World](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-012-the-world-is-the-world/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] He says, “People are generally good and change is possible.” We are wholly impressed with the way these two young men express themselves. Izzy shares a comment that deeply impacts me. To set it up, He recently relocated to the USA from Turkey, has spent time schooling in
- [Day 11: Only He Knows](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-11-only-he-knows/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] He tells me lemongrass tea is a cure for joint pain. Flashback to 6 pm, when I grab my camera bag to hit the streets. Out the door, I go for another jaunt up Sherman Way. Not far from my house I look left and leaning against the
- [Day 009: Less Violence, More Fixies](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-009-less-violence-more-fixies/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Biking keeps us out of trouble, you know, drugs and stuff.” Vincent and Angel, Age 18 – sponsored riders: JB Bike Shop #2 Went for a walk today and, strolling down Sherman Way in Canoga Park, I came across a cool little bike shop, J.B Bike Shop #2. Great
- [Day 008: The Betty Boop of Wilmington, Ohio](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-008-the-betty-boop-of-wilmington-ohio/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] She Is A Forever-Young Lady Tonight I’m traveling from a location scout in San Diego. Feeling rather fried and having my dear old Mum’s apartment on the route home, I drop by her place to say “hi.”As all mothers do, she pulls me in for dinner, something no
- [Day 007: A Brother and A Sister](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-007-a-brother-and-a-sister/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] The True King and Queen of Hollywood When you think of the West Coast photo scene, you may think of a who’s who list of name photographers and celebrities, but today I met true photographic royalty.Meet Silvino and his sister Andrea, two incredibly hard-working people. I’ve known Silvino’s
- [Day 002: Driving Forward](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-2-driving-forward/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] Today’s entry: Travel log style. 11:30 am: Early lunch with family. Almost decide to shoot Chef Abraham (owner of the restaruant where I had lunch). Discouraged by the lunch rush, I pass on the prospect.1:00 pm: Frys Electronics, Kill two birds with one stone. How? Buy a wireless keypad for
- [Day 006: The Book of James](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-006-the-book-of-james/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Let The Love Come to You” A few statements from “The Book of James”Why not? Not why!You have to have humorLaugh at it allI’m a musician, but check out my girlfriend’s musicJames lives what he preaches. He tells me of his house just being robbed, “it opened up
- [Day 005: Hector](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-005-hector/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] I ask, “Where are you from?” He says, “Wherever I’m passing by.” Today I had the opportunity to photograph the news anchors of Univision 34, Los Angeles. A great group of people to work with and a ton of fun to take pictures of. Can’t post the photos
- [Day 004: Fish Out Of Water](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-004-fish-out-of-water/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] Saved by Francis The Key Guy Take one middle-class Caucasian man, dressed him like a college golfer; put him in a very diverse Spanish-speaking park; place a camera around his neck, and put some paperwork in his hand. Then have him loiter around the teen center – at
- [Day 003: Alyshia](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-003-alyshia/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] What? Who? Ozzie Nelson?! I muster my courage and somewhat fearing the possible blows of long-handled racquets, a fear brought on by my remembrance of the thrashing I received just yesterday from a not so friendly person, I gingerly approached them in asking to take their picture.We chat
- [Day 24: If it’s nude, I’ll be there!](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-24-if-its-nude-ill-be-there/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “If it’s nude, I’ll be there!” It was a set of questions regarding a regular visitor to the hotel’s beach. That being, Who is the g-stringed man? And in that curiosity, it was apparent that there was much speculation. Reasonings like, could he be from France? I think
- [Day 123: To Walk With Them As the Same](https://sidewalkghosts.com/to-walk-with-them-as-the-same/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “In high school, my career counselor told me that my tests showed that I had a propensity towards being a teacher, pastor, or someone sharing a message.” Dinner is in one hour and I decide to take a short evening stroll. Just need a little time of introspection
- [Day 256: Hey, I’m a Teenager… I Don’t Know Everything](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-256-hey-im-a-teenageri-dont-know-everything/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “If life were perfect then everything would suck and there would be nothing to learn. We need to find humanity. There is very little of it in our society. Everyone is all about being the best at any cost. They focus on the me: Asking what makes me
- [Day 292: What If We Pay More Attention?](https://sidewalkghosts.com/what-if-we-pay-more-attention/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “My agenda is me first… which is probably quite similar to the rest of the human race.” I’ll not lie. From the beginning of 365 I promised you that I would do my best to describe my feelings in one way or the other. And I have to
- [Day 46: Ten Minutes of Photography. Two-hours of Humanity](https://sidewalkghosts.com/46-ten-minutes-of-photography-two-hours-of-humanity/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Everything is so fast-paced now, you must have patience with yourself and those around you.” You’re in the passenger seat with me. We’re cruising through suburbia and into the corner shopping center. Radio is on and we’re chilling to the tunes. Suddenly the music becomes silent. How can
- [Day 189: The Future of Genius](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-189-the-future-of-genius/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I’d like to see a future where education is more accessible and affordable, and a people who have a greater appreciation for each other, art and nostalgia.” “We have to learn to shake off society. There are always going to be battles, the world is just that way.
- [Day 135: Teach a Man to Fish](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-135-teach-a-man-to-fish/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “My life is dedicated to giving people a second chance at a responsible life. From ex-convicts to recovering addicts to whatever, it does not matter; I want to help them.” There is no other way to start today’s entry other than just getting to the point. But for
- [Day 91: The Power of One](https://sidewalkghosts.com/91-the-power-of-one/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “My goal is to inspire those who have chosen mediocrity out of fear to reach beyond themselves…way past their comfort zone into a life of adventure and meaning.” The social network has made the world a much smaller planet. Hold that thought for later, but for now, I’m
- [Day 18: How Was Your Day?](https://sidewalkghosts.com/18-2/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] How Was Your Day? Quite a day today. I won’t go into details, but one note to share. I’ve been telling everyone about 365. A few ask me, “Why are you doing this?”There are two general answers:First, “Loving meeting people and am learning a tremendous amount about others
- [Day 170: Anarchy Scares Me](https://sidewalkghosts.com/170-anarchy-scares-me/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “It is kind of scary seeing what is happening, but in this is the age of information, we can create a domino effect in getting the word out, to open people’s eyes. We have the ability to stir up the pot.” Let us keep moving forward in our
- [Day 341: Cast Off Mateys! We Have an Ocean to Save!](https://sidewalkghosts.com/341-cast-off-mateys-we-have-an-ocean-to-save/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “So many talk about making big change, but really, it is the small changes that each one of us can do. Whether it’s turning off the lights that we’re not using, picking up the trash on the sidewalk, carpooling, or biking to work. We can actually make a
- [Day 234: Pappy](https://sidewalkghosts.com/234-pappy/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I used to have no remorse for anybody. I’d do anything, anytime… and with no questions. They called me Suicide. I’m not that person anymore.” “I used to have no remorse for anybody. I’d do anything, anytime… and with no questions. They called me Suicide. I’m not that
- [Day 517: …and to Be Seen](https://sidewalkghosts.com/517-and-to-be-seen/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “To truly love someone you need to truly see them for who they are. Honest, bare, and raw; and we need to be able to acknowledge the humanity in that; that we are all just as human and imperfect as the next person, and to feel a connection
- [Day 229: It’s All About Balance](https://sidewalkghosts.com/229-its-all-about-balance/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] Add Your Heading Text Here It’s not often that one of our new friends takes the time to promptly email us their words. And today is just one of the instances. With that, it would be completely wrong for me to edit or rewrite in any way.So without
- [Day 81: United We Stand](https://sidewalkghosts.com/81-united-we-stand/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Live life to the fullest. It is for living. Don’t be afraid to do things at the spur of the moment, by the seat of your pants. Let’s go! Let’s do it!” Stage moms of the world, take note…here is one of the best!Today I’m casting to create
- [Day 321: Nothing is Impossible](https://sidewalkghosts.com/321-nothing-is-impossible/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Within fifty years, humans are going to be cross-engineered with machine and technology. We are going to become neo-human being type… half-human, half machine. But even if we don’t go that far, I think we will be able to have the processing power of computers within us.” It’s
- [Day 78: It’s Never Too Late](https://sidewalkghosts.com/78-its-never-too-late/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Save your money. Invest it on classic things and your education. Stay away from the trendy, it will only take it away from you and leave you with nothing to show.” The tribute to the future continues with Monica. I meet her this evening while enjoying a night
- [Day 56: By Chance…or Not](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-56-by-chanceor-not/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I’ll have no house. I’ll have no stability, and will be traveling—meeting crazy people. Routine and all that crap annoy me.” Please believe me as I tell you that I am not going yogi on you with the metaphysical. But I have to tell you this 365 thing
- [Day 99: Treat the Planet Right](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-99-treat-the-planet-right/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I’m tired of the little gestures. If we are going to change, we have to do more, get involved, and educate ourselves. It is amazing how little knowledge our current people know about the environmental impact of industry and population.” Out on a Saturday road trip with my
- [Day 172: There is Greatness In All of Us](https://sidewalkghosts.com/172-there-is-greatness-in-all-of-us/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I’m studying to be a dentist, and as soon as I finish my education, I intend to return to Cambodia, where I plan to help the poor and the sick, and more importantly, do all I can to stop sex trafficking.” After last night’s quarter tank of fuel
- [Day 106: Life is Like a Buffet](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-106-life-is-like-a-buffet/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Working at Walmart, and with the holidays, I see this every year. People fighting over plastic junk, junk that is only to be returned the next morning.” “Life is like a buffet, there is something for everyone.” Good words to hear as I heal from last night’s pre-holiday warm-up
- [Day 63: Look Out World! Creative is Steaming Forward.](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-63-look-out-world-creative-is-steaming-forward/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “You have to be so independent. Art schools are very critical. It’s not like sports where you get rewards for winning. In art there is no winning, it’s all personal and no trophies are given for best work.” As a swore I would never do again, I find
- [Day 301: Live Life to the Fullest](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-301-live-life-to-the-fullest/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Stop placing blame. Don’t blame others. You can’t blame society and you can’t blame the government. You have to look at yourself in the mirror and realize that you have control over your situation. As soon as you take self-responsibility you enable yourself. You can’t blame others.” Tanner
- [Day 360: Happy Belly Button Day](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-360-happy-belly-button-day/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] Everybody is born into this world with nothing. Now when you get into the world… it’s a cold cruel world, and unless someone gets the right nurturing from a mother and a father, they are going to go haywire. At a pace that is difficult to keep up
- [Day 200: Relax, It’s Gonna Work Out](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-200-relax-its-gonna-work-out/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “So many people today are ‘self-aware,’ but lack the ability for ‘self-reflection’… when the door is unlocked, at least twist the door handle and check it out. Know yourself and see if it is what you want.” Richard has been glued to his chair for days, retouching images
- [Day 147: They Think I’m a Paparazzi](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-147-they-think-im-a-paparazzi/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I’d like to see the world become closer to being in unity. People loving each other, respecting all as one family. Back to the ways things used to be, helping each other, not that we have too, but because we want to.” It’s been a while since I’ve given you an outlined
- [Day 350: Come On…You Can Do This. Figure it Out.](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-350-come-onyou-can-do-this-figure-it-out/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Technology is not the only solution; we need to learn how to overcome things without getting lost in it.” You may remember Betsy from day sixty-three, a really cool lady and the art teacher of my daughter. Not only is she sincere in her collaboration with the world, but
- [Day 218: We need to show more open hand than fist](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-218-we-need-to-show-more-open-hand-than-fist/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “The most important thing that I want to tell the world is to respect everyone, the planet, and everything. Nobody talks for real peace, everyone tries to fix the problem. But the way they are doing it is creating more problems. We need to show more open hand
- [Day 157: Roberto’s Dream](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-157-robertos-dream/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I’d like to see younger people in the government. We need more young people in power. And what I mean about power is young people able to make decisions. They have a fresher perspective and listen to the people. It does not matter if they are Democrat or
- [Day 142: Just Livevil](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-142-just-livevil/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “It’s perfectly sane to go mad in order to understand.” “Lookout! A creepy guy is stalking the neighborhood! Why has he parked his car on the street? And what’s with his sidewalk pacing? Let’s stay away from him, I think he’s a serial killer!”First impressions are a misleading
- [Day 158: Nobody is a Stranger](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-158-nobody-is-a-stranger/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Tell me what you know and you will entertain me, but tell me how you feel and you will intrigue me.” In sixty minutes I pick my daughter up from her drama class. And with that purpose in my mind, I find myself rushing through the local Smart
- [Day 294: Food Truck Alley](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-294-food-truck-alley/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “My advice for the world? As a teacher, I hope that humanity doesn’t stagger in its upward swing.” “I like old stuff and new stuff. People say that I was born in the wrong era, but I have to nip that. I have an appreciation for antiquated things…
- [Day 222: Make It Today](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-222-make-it-today/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “We all have a 6th sense that we all feel, and we need to learn to express it or at least recognize it.” “My wife and I just want to help people. We are all capable of amazing things if we stop judging and lashing out and learn
- [Day 70: Clean, Fluffy, and Good Smelling](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-70-clean-fluffy-and-good-smelling/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I want everyone to have a nice-looking, clean, fluffy, good-smelling dog.” The words my husband, Richard, sprang on me that morning.“I’m cheating.” He told me as the dog groomer called to confirm our appointment, “I just couldn’t help myself. I asked her if she would be my interview
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 294: "Food Truck Alley"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-294-food-truck-alley-2/) - Sam is a way cool gent, and with the companionship of his equally interesting fiancé, multi-media artist Nouar, I am not only entertained by their quirky style of street music but am enlightened by their charismatic blend of personality, intelligence, and spontaneous creativity.It takes a special kind of person to open their world to unknown
- [With Peace and Power](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-with-peace-and-power/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Learning. Making more things, and not being intimidated to show my work.” Pointing to a shopping center studio, my daughter pushed, “we have to go in, there is your person to interview.” I’m telling you, out of the mouth of children does inspiration flow.The windows were covered with
- [“I Want To Write My Own Words”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-i-want-to-write-my-own-words/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Not many people are very rich by definition and that sometimes will bring more problems than it solves. Just doing well by your own standards is a worthy goal and is challenging enough. I would think of myself as the low-end of middle class and yet I’m relatively
- [A Power Beyond Our Own](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-a-power-beyond-our-own/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Stay honest and don’t lie. It’s always easier to remember the truth.” I was driving past a small obscure building, and for whatever reason, I was undeniably drawn to it. Almost to the point of rubber-necking as I passed by it. The magnetism of the place was impossible
- [The Tinkerer](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-the-tinkerer/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “Find something you love to do, and, if you can make a living at it, good for you!” Smart is an understatement for describing entrepreneur, Curt. A master mechanical engineer, with the credentials to prove it: Cisco Systems, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, and a who’s who list of
- [Despite Talks of a Gloomy Future](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-despite-the-talks-of-gloomy-future/) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “No human being has the moral right to gamble with the fate of other human beings.” Hope you remember The Colonel and Antoinette from the Laundromat? Meeting them an event in itself. Especially in getting to know the Colonel. Yet on that night, we were not alone. There
- [“Are You Guys Communists?”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-are-you-guys-communists/) - From the archives of Project 365 I’d asked for the fourth time, “Who is playing on the stereo?” He said, “If you ask me again, I’m going to punch you!” For some reason, I’d been running into a lot of past military and/or families of servicemen and women throughout Sidewalk Ghosts. In that, I promise I
- [“Know The Sins / Do The Opposite”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-learn-about-the-deadliest-sins-and-do-the-opposite/) - From the archives of Project 365 “Be nice to strangers, and do your part to make the world a better place.” From left to right: Shane, Saya, and KevinNot far down the road from where I live is a yearly tradition. A family fun destination, that, as fast as it is set up, it disappears.
- [“It’s Totally Rad”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-its-totally-rad/) - From the archives of Project 365 ...more than an emerging artisan; she was a community activist. Part artistic dreamer, part entrepreneur, and master of community outreach, Myly was full of energy. For an hour we spoke of the past and future of the Canoga Park art and culture scene. There was no loss of enthusiasm
- [What Would Jesus Do?](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-what-would-jesus-do/) - From the archives of Project 365 “...have fun, but don’t live recklessly, for yourself or others. Focus on doing good, because what if it is your time and you’re not living up to your potential or doing bad things. You don’t want to go out that way. You want to be remembered for what good
- [The Snore Storm](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-the-snore-storm/) - From the archives of Project 365 “If I die tomorrow, my funeral will take three days, so that all of my friends can attend.” Felicia, a thirty-year hospitality veteran, expanded on Fred’s point of about never giving up on your dreams, saying, “If you feel inspired to do something, do it! No matter how difficult
- [Reid, knock’em dead in LV!](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-reid-knockem-dead-in-lv/) - From the archives of Project 365 Wisdom, that after racing behind him for a quarter of an hour, through our small talk and witnessed in the courage he seemed to have in pursuing his dreams, I saw a story much deeper than any we could have shared in words. Reid and I ran into each
- [“Really Listen”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-really-listen/) - From the archives of Project 365 “My kids like to talk to me, it’s an open-ended dialogue. I’ve learned to not dismiss their thoughts or try to redirect them into what I want to hear.” I swallow hard on that comment. My life was a sprint, not complaining about it, I loved the pace. Yet
- [“That Is Them!”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-that-is-them/) - From the archives of Project 365 “Hate doesn’t take you anywhere.” Monica was absolutely delightful. I could tell she was the catalyst of laughter between the two of them. They seemed soul matched, lead me to ask if they were significant others? With warm hugs to each other, they responded, “No, just friends.”There were only
- [“You Give and God Gives Back”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-you-give-and-god-gives-back/) - From the archives of Project 365 “America is different from Peru. Everything is easier, and there is opportunity for those who work for it, and remember to vote!” By my side was my good friend and interpreter, Dan, and with his Spanish fluent, he had happily enlisted to partner with me for the interview.Celebrating her
- [“Is The World Better Because I Was In It?”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-is-the-world-a-better-place-because-i-was-in-it-opus/) - From the archives of Project 365 “I was young; part of the reason I have so many tattoos.” In parting, John shared his words of council in the form of a self-question, “Is the world a better place because I was in it?It’s been years since I interviewed John, yet his story is one that I
- [Never Judge A Man By His Looks?](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-never-judge-a-man-by-his-looks/) - From the archives of Project 365 Day Of The Dead, Dia De Los Muertos: A holiday focused on praying for, and remembering, friends and family members who have died. It’s a big deal in Mexican culture and a huge day of celebration. The music was screaming, which made it very difficult for us to communicate.
- [My Story Of Fairness](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-tell-my-story-of-fairness/) - From the archives of Project 365 “I don’t lie, I don’t cheat, I don’t steal. If there is anybody who needs help, I’ll help them, even if I have to give the last possession I have, I will, if it helps someone else in greater need than myself. That’s the way I am.” With Rex
- [I Met A Stranger, A Friend Departed](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-a-stranger-walked-into-my-house-a-friend-departed/) - From the archives of Project 365 “Plans don’t always turn out the exact way you plan. You have to be open to change, and here is the best part. THINGS TURN OUT BETTER.” Gina had found balance in life.She talked to me about pace and how she coped with the energy of Manhattan. “Life moves
- [Keep Truckin!](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-keep-truckin/) - From the archives of Project 365 “Too many people turn a blind eye to the negative. There is a lot of messed up stuff in the world. People can do more that just watch the news or be fans of organizations helping others. They can get up and do something about it. I’m not saying
- [A Sidewalk Ghosts Evening To Remember, And A Future To Look Forward To](https://sidewalkghosts.com/an-evening-to-remember-and-a-future-to-look-forward-to/) - As we’ve adjusted to reduce the spread of COVID, I’d like to share tribute to evenings spent together as well as a big thank you to all who have attended a Sidewalk Ghosts presentation. Sending hopes and prayers that you and loved ones are all safe and well. Soon enough we will again be gathering.
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 347: “Shall We Follow, Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali and Countdown to the Ping Pong Council"”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-347-shall-we-follow-bruce-lee-and-muhammad-ali-and-countdown-to-the-ping-pong-council/) - No secrets anymore... the new friends I hid from you last night take center stage today, Young family, Anthony, Kristen and son Israel. At under twenty-four, both Anthony and Kristen want with a peace that is beyond their years. I made quick reference to it in my writing yesterday. But tonight In sitting with them,
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 348: "Stay Connected The Right Way!"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-348-stay-connected-the-right-way-and-join-us-at-pong-council-tomorrow/) - I call him a gentle giant. He smiles graciously as we share a few minutes together as he waits for his wife to conclude a doctor’s appointment. It would have been easy for me to judge, to profile, to make assumptions to the intent of my new friend Michael, as he sits ominously under the
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Essay 310: Please write something for me, quick!](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-310-please-write-something-for-me-quick/) - I set my alarm to get up in the wee hours of the morning to get some design work done — I was sure it would be finished by the time our daughter awoke around 7am. Well, it didn't work out that way. Deadline was pressing and I was doing the best I could, but
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 99: Treat The Planet Right](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-99-treat-the-planet-right-2/) - Out on a Saturday road trip with my daughter, destination, Santa Barbara, land of healthy living and volleyball. It’s a lovely drive and we drop off highway 101 just as sunset hits. My daughter has a plan... a sand crab hunt. Chasing the sun, we race down Cabrillo Boulevard and settle at the free parking
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / "So Go My Romantic Notions"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/so-go-my-romantic-notions/) - So go my romantic notions of the perfect launch party for “Operation-365” – the next step in our continued outreach to understand our neighbors. And you know what... I’m actually happier with this more subtle approach in formally announcing the start of this life-changing endeavor with a short blog entry. No fan fair tonight, much
- [Sidewalk Ghosts "Dare to Dream, and Adventure in Friendshipping"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/dare-to-dream-and-adventure-in-friendshipping/) - It was February 11, 2012 – Day 155 of Project-365 that we met the enchanting Brooke. To this day she has been a constant ambassador to all that we are striving to become as the community of Operation-365. Brooke has never let distance fall between us and is endlessly active in whatever she can do
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview-365 has officially begun](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-has-officially-begun/) - A warm welcome to Amy, our first person to take part in Interview-365. We encourage all to find a moment to participate in the survey. Our goal is to build a library of thoughts as shared from people from all around the globe. The more submissions we receive, the greater the meaning of the project.
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview-365: "We are all in the same sand box"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-we-are-all-in-the-same-sand-box/) - We're happy to share our second response to Interview-365, Wendie from Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. Thank to all who are beginning to take part in our survey. As soon as we hit the first fifty responses, we'll publish the link to the demographic statistics. That way we'll begin to see the scope of the community we
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview-365: For Love of Planet, People and Peace](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-for-love-of-planet-people-and-peace/) - It's been a few days since I posted an entry. Mostly because I've been letting the last one sit at the top for while... hoping that it would be the beginning of an Interview-365 avalanche. The snowstorm is starting slowly, but that is way OK. After all, I don't think any meaningful community has ever
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview-365: "By Doing More Acts Of Kindness"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-by-doing-more-acts-of-kindness/) - The Interviews are starting to slowly roll in. Thanks to all who have stepped up to share their perspectives and photo's. We appreciate all that you are saying. We are posting in order of receipt, and for those of you who have responded to Interview-365, stay tuned, your words will be published very soon. We
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview-365: "The Light Of Liberty"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-the-light-of-liberty/) - Operation-365 is taking form... and it is you who are helping to shape its future. We are the silent majority.... A growing community of the you, we and us. Everyday people of the greatest diversity (and perspectives), doing our best to live with our eyes, hearts and minds open to the world around us. You
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview-365: "Teach The Younger Ones"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-teach-the-younger-ones/) - About a year ago I was talking with a girl I met on the street. She was in her mid twenties and we got on the subject of Facebook. "I just dropped my Facebook account," she told me. Now, know that I am not proposing that the virtual world is all bad. There is much
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview-365: "Right Now. Don't Wait"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-right-now-dont-wait/) - Meet Noah, a man who I've known from afar since the beginning of Project-365. He's a guy who puts his thoughts to action, even doing his own 365 day project while continuously going out of his way to promote the works of others: Make Something 365 It is a pleasure to share Noah's words. For
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview-365: Life Is Full Of Sparks...](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-life-is-full-of-sparks/) - Say hello to Judy Lee, today's Interview-365 stranger... now friend. We are still working on reaching our launch goal of 50 Interview-365 contributors, and we need your support to keep this ball rolling. I know, I sound political or maybe a little like a salesman. But I promise I have no hidden agenda... other than
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview-365: "May We All Thrive"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-may-we-all-thrive/) - This morning I am very touched by something Natalie from Austin, TX has written. "I would share about a man who changed my life by giving his that I might live, and his desire that the world would know that hope and love." Words that have power to make us look deep into our priorities
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview-365: "If Mountains Could Move..."](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-if-mountains-could-move/) - Today Interview-365 extends a welcoming hand to Elyse of Bangor, ME. There is one more submission waiting in cue to be published. So for any of you who are sitting on the fence as to when to share your thoughts, our doors remain open to hear what you have to say; and, we very much
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / "Call Me Crazy, But I Believe In This Stuff"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/call-me-crazy-but-i-believe-in-this-stuff/) - It's another late and sleepless night... sitting awake... 1:35AM... thinking about the years we've put into 365, and of the many unforgettable experiences and words that have been shared. I'll admit– it's been a while since I have interviewed a single person, something that I so do miss. But, the season is just ahead to
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview-365: "The Brass Ring We Seek"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-the-brass-ring-we-seek/) - Hailing from New York, NY, Interview-365 introduces us to Wendy. Her words are wise and her perspectives bright. After Wendy, we have only one more person waiting to be published. Please know that our doors are never closing. And, anyone who wishes to submit answers to our questions... when you are ready we will be
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview-365: "Keep Loving"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-keep-loving/) - Even though we have been putting a lot of effort into getting the word out on our Kickstarter Project, "The Motorhome Chronicles," Interview-365 is still moving forward. Lot's going on right now, and thank you for supporting all that we are working to accomplish. I have to admit, things are moving a little slower than
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 368: "The Bridge Builder"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/project-365-day-368-the-bridge-builder/) - “I know you,” his eyes open, “do you remember where we met?” Instantly we both laugh in unison, “Come to Canoga Park... Things are looking up!!” I’m blown away. After almost 9 months of recess from my interviewing strangers... I have been directed to a friend met during last year’s daily interviews. It get’s a
- [SideWalk Ghosts /  / Interview 369: “Love, Dream, Conquer”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/project-365-day-369-love-dream-conquer/) - Miriam begins “at my tender age of 24, what words of wisdom do I have?” I’ve put her on the spot with my question. But after just a second of thought, her response is clear. “Be true to yourself. Don’t live your life based on what you think you should be.” And with a smiling
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 370: A Man Of Pure Intent](https://sidewalkghosts.com/project-365-day-370-a-man-of-pure-intent/) - Pat opens up, “Learn as much as you can on everything. Don’t just limit yourself to one aspect. Your brain is always learning. It’s a processor. You might fail a couple of times, but it doesn’t hurt you to keep trying until you master it.” Homeless for three years, Pat is one of the many
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 371: "Of Romance, Technology and Implanted MicroChips"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/project-365-day-371-of-romance-technology-and-implanted-microchips/) - Mark advises, “People need to be more open about having an opinion about everything, and actually questioning what they do, why they do it... and especially things that they are told to do.” Then he questions, “Why then do they go ahead and do it? I think a lot of people do a lot in
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 372: "What Make Us Tick?"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/project-365-day-372-what-make-us-tick/) - “About 7 years ago, I had a new f250 super duty white beautiful truck, and a 26-foot cabin cruiser that I loved, and a home south of the Blvd. in Woodland Hills, and because of construction jobs going bad and some cocaine abuse I was arrested for going to a customer’s business and asking to
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview-365: An Invitation To Share Your Wisdom](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-an-invitation-to-share-your-wisdom/) - Several months have passed since we first invited you to share your words of wisdom through Interview-365. And overall, its been a remarkable thing seeing how consistently Operation-365 is growing. Every day new followers are arriving from all over the world. People from just about every continent are joining us as either readers or contributors...
- [SideWalk Ghosts / "After All... They Are People Too"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/after-all-they-are-people-too/) - So here I am, as at many times, sitting at my desk staring at the yellow-green aura of mercury vapor light as it radiates through my office window. It’s silent and still (4:04am to be exact), strangely contrasting my hasty finger pounding at the keys of my innocent laptop as I look at the origin
- [SideWalk Ghosts: Ved's Call to All Great Citizens](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-veds-call-to-all-great-citizens/) - It has been a while since we've received a survey contribution from anyone. Today Interview-365 gets a kickoff as we extend a warm welcome to our new friend, Ved of New Delhi, India. Our doors will remain always open to all of you who would like to share your words of wisdom. PLEASE CLICK HERE
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 373: "The War Is At Hand"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/project-365-day-373-the-war-is-at-hand/) - “Learn from your first mistake and keep going after it... it’s going to be different next time.“ Easy words to share, but very difficult to follow, but as they are delivered by artist Carolyna, today's stranger... now 365 friend of 365, I feel a peace in knowing she follows her advice. I only meet with
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 375: "The Poetic Magic of Billimarie"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/project-365-day-375-the-poetic-magic-of-billimarie/) - I just stand listening and observing for a while. Watching person after person queue in line for their audience with street poet. A father and son stand quietly as she greets at them. Then putting her head down she, with occasional glances up, begins punching at the keyboard of her eclectically pink Royal typewriter. Both are
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 376: Down to the Wire](https://sidewalkghosts.com/project-365-day-376-down-to-the-wire/) - First, to Damian (today’s stranger now friend) as well as to all of my 365 friends, please forgive me for not posting for several months. To be fully honest about it, the holidays, a rush of year-end business and some much needed time with my family. But with that caught up, I am jumping back
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 377: An Oasis We Call Quartzsite](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-377-an-oasis-we-call-quartzsite/) - [youtube=http://youtu.be/3y7VxJfSSXw] Last week a good friend (photographer and creative director BJ) and I visited Quartzsite, Arizona; home of the largest open-air collectible gem and RV show in the nation. Every January over one million people, from all parts of the country, fall upon this sleepy little desert town, magically transforming it into a bustling oasis
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 378: It's OK To Talk To Strangers](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365-blogumentary-day378-its-ok-to-talk-to-strangers/) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfL1XEwIngI Jury duty today… one of the civic obligations many of us have enjoyed on a yearly basis. A room full of sequestered people, some wanting to do their duty while others hopelessly scheme for the perfect excuse to get out of service. But as quoted, via the strangely welcoming and compassionate smile of lady
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 456: “A Better Version Of Yourself...”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-456-a-better-version-of-yourself/) - “I think the biggest or the most important words I can find right now is just to be yourself, and try and wake up every day and become a better version of yourself...” —Moises [youtube=http://youtu.be/NxHLO5dO5Mo]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 457: “Andrew... Thanks For Pulling Us Together"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-457-andrew-thanks-for-pulling-us-together/) - "Stop competing with each other. Instead, try to build with each other..." —Andrew [youtube=http://youtu.be/liUghwGyges] The room is spinning left to right, up and down. Not the most comfortable way to begin the day, but none-the-less, the state I find myself in this blessed Sunday morning. No, I’m not suffering a hangover from a Saturday night
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 458: “Things You Love”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-458-things-you-love/) - “Everybody needs to take it down a notch...” —Brandon [youtube=http://youtu.be/RR6U4wJERxU]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / One of My Dumber Moments](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-one-of-my-dumber-moments/) - With fear in her eyes, she told me to “F*%! Off!” It’s not that I am an Olympian, or anything close to it, but cyclist I am. A sport I found one Christmas when the gift of a mountain bike to my wife hooked us both into the pedaling maniacs we are. I’m even
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Kind of deep, isn’t it?](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-kind-of-deep-isnt-it/) - “Every person is a reflection of who you are. We are all mirrors, and those you see are reflections of yourself.” They say it take twenty-one days for something to become a habit. I propose it takes thirty-two days for something to become a magnet. It was the day before a big commercial shoot I
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 3: Photoless Entry](https://sidewalkghosts.com/photoless-entry/) - Three days in and starting to see the relevance in what I am doing. Took a brief stroll around my neighborhood; thought I knew my community, but really I've only been seeing the surface of it. I've been humbled this evening. I approached a husband and wife that are living out of a truck and
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / The Chance Of A More Perfect World](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-the-chance-of-a-more-perfect-world/) - Hello, dear readers of Sidewalk Ghosts, random curiosity seekers, and people who stumbled onto this project while looking for the newest celebrity train wreck (nothing here about the Khardashians, sorry) You may notice a bit of a difference in this essay. There’s a reason for that; and the reason is simply this: I’m not Richard. Instead,
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / “Yuwipi Is My Religion.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-yuwipi-is-my-religion/) - “you’ve got to have respect for other people.” “Are you a veteran!” he asked (it is not a mistake I use ! instead of ?). The question came at me as sharp as a bullet. No, I did not serve, I was between the draft and did not volunteer, I replied. He looked away as if disgusted. Left
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / In The End–It’s All Good!](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-in-the-end-its-all-good/) - “Everything is so fast paced now, you must have patience with yourself and those around you.” Picture yourself in the passenger seat with me as we cruised through suburbia and into a corner shopping center. Radio tuned in as we chilled to our favorite tunes. Yet somehow, the music was silent. How could that be,
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 45: God be with the faithful, hard-working mothers.](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-interview-45-god-be-with-the-faithful-hard-working-mothers/) - “I’m not really one to be photographed, plus look at me, I’m not looking too good. Best not to take pictures of me. But my mom is at Home Depot, she’ll do it when she gets back!” I approached the house, Mike, son of the homeowner, was sitting on the porch; and as I passed
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / “$5.00 For Eight Minutes Of Paid Water. You’re Kidding Me!”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-5-00-for-eight-minutes-of-paid-water-youre-kidding-me/) - “whatever way life takes you, follow your inside, your persona, how you feel about your presence on Earth, and somehow let it be the guide in interfering with your choices.” A was typical night in Radstoneland: I give you the beats. • Taught Spinning • Best Buy for more iPad stuff. I’m telling you, “the thing
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / A Stranger In My Midst](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-a-stranger-in-my-midst/) - “these kids inspire me, when the kids succeed, I succeed.” For years my daughter had, on and off, been participating in gymnastics, and with my wandering the streets looking to interview strangers, it had become the norm for my wife to stand in as her companion. But on one particular evening I tagged along, and
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / He is Gone, But He Is Here](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-he-is-gone-but-he-is-here/) - Even though it has been over seven years since I first met her, the positive outlook she glowed, to this day, stops me in my tracks. Yet, under the free spirit she so happily exuded, there was a person enduring the pain of a great loss. It was pumpkin hunting night. A Halloween tradition followed
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Go, Go... Go Johnny, Go, Go, Go...](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-go-go-go-johnny-go-go-go/) - “I’m in for anything that brings people together.” Driving home after a dinner with friends and family. I came across a group of bikers. Picture a casual outdoor gathering, killer motorcycles parked along the road, and a bunch of leather jacketed bikers sharing stories over after ride coffee. At the time it seemed to mein
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Would You Cool It With The Cigarette Butts](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-would-you-cool-it-with-the-cigarette-butts/) - “Everybody feels the way you do; what you do with it is up to you. You can either handle it, or you can be a victim.” “It’s impossible to go through life without problems.” A quote that revealed the character of a remarkable young man, Aaron, who at only twenty had experienced enough life to
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / "I Hope You Don't Go Through This"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-i-hope-you-dont-go-through-this/) - The Great Recession in the United States was a severe financial crisis combined with a deep recession. While the recession officially lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, it took several years for the economy to recover to pre-crisis levels of employment and output. The Great Recession: Income poisoning years that put so many of us
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / “you can only lose your dignity once”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-you-can-only-lose-your-dignity-once/) - “happiness is not about money or status, it’s about self-worth.” It was day thirty-eight into the project and all those who knew me were starting to see, even feel, the impact it was having on my families life. Literally, to the point, that as I first authored this story, I was looking across the table
- [SideWalk Ghosts / A Pledge For Our At Home Heroes](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-a-pledge-for-our-at-home-heroes/) - As Anne and I began our interview, her phone rang, her husband with news regarding his recent deployment. In her eyes, I saw a dream on the horizon, a possible mission that would place him permanently in San Diego, giving them the chance to finally start a life under one roof. For those of you
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Unspoken Things](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-unspoken-things/) - I arrived around 6pm, the warm light of setting sun glowing on the horizon. Pulling off the street as one of the many vehicles filing into what was clearly a car show, I careful scanned where to park. A tad insecure, and not wanting to bring attention to the faded paint of my Honda not
- [Sidewalk Ghosts /LOL — Loud, Obnoxious, Loving](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-lol-loud-obnoxious-loving/) - I asked; is this the way it always is here? With smile on their faces, and in perfect harmony, they all resoundingly agreed, “YES!!” It was hair and nail day for the Radstone women and a chance for me to take five from the office. For my haircut, well that’s nothing–my wife, electric shaver, trusty number
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / All I can say is “Thanks”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-all-i-can-say-is-thanks/) - “Daddy, I’m not feeling that we should shoot the soccer players, how about trying to meet the people in the office?” The evening was dedicated to spending time with my daughter, and seeing that our family life had become synonymous with interviewing a stranger each day, we both knew we would be extending ourselves that
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / By the Light of Chevy](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-by-the-light-of-chevy/) - It had been an incredibly long day. Rose early, directed ad campaign, wrapped the day and returned the last of unused supplies (I’m a roll up my sleeves guys, so I threw in to drop off rented props) Helping me out was my friend and crewmember, Danny. Who without his help, I would have ultimately
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Introducing Dr. D](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-introducing-dr-d/) - Hawaii flight on ground and legs back on Los Angeles soil, I took the Flyaway bus to Van Nuys. Then and now my usual airport strategy for getting home quickly, or so how it usually goes. A quick account of how it went (in bullet points): Slugged major amount of photo equipment and luggage through
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / “after that; I’ll never take what I do for granted again.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-after-that-ill-never-take-what-i-do-for-granted-again/) - It was October 9th, 2011, exactly one month since the beginning of Sidewalk Ghosts,as I flew back from a Hawaiian journey. My mind wandered as looking at clouds out the window, I reviewed the impact the trip had on me. The whole experience was fresh in my heart as streaming through my head were visual
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / A Tribute to Laughter and Light](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-a-tribute-to-laughter-and-light/) - It’s hard for me to put in words the impact of this encounter, and even though our conversation was struggled, there was a bond. A theme was forming as more and more diverse people allowed me the privilege of interviewing them. An invisible statement that said, we are in this world together, no matter where
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / She Saved Me](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-she-saved-me/) - My feet were barking! My discouragement growing as, late in the evening, foot traffic thinning, I wondered, “is this the night that I fail in my mission to meet a new friend?” After the experiences of the week, and post how it played out in meeting Nathan, it would have been wise to had
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / "The Earth Fell Between My Fingers and I Knew..."](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-the-earth-fell-between-my-fingers-and-i-knew/) - "The earth fell between my fingers,”he recalled, “and at that moment, I knew I was home!” I had been living in the land of resort hotel bliss. Yes, I had a few interesting experiences: The naked systems analyst, a fun family from Korea, a couple of loving parents. All unique and very human, but
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Pandora’s Box Had Opened. In It, A Big “Hello” To The World...](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-pandoras-box-had-opened-in-it-a-big-hello-to-the-world/) - ... the drill sergeant on my shoulder was screaming, “Radstone! Get over yourself, you committed to this project, you have a responsibility to see it through, quit your whining! Man up mister and go find a new friend.” I was wasted tired. The week of travel and long days were slowing me to almost
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / “Pull Up A Chair!”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-pull-up-a-chair/) - The wives looked at me, "Yes, they will be happy to be photographed." Just outside Pearl Harbor there was a funky little dinner joint, Schooners. It was not fancy, the food was OK, and sadly it ended up being bought out and reopened as “604.” I checked them out online and yes, the new
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Was It My Turn To Be Profiled?](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-it-was-my-turn-to-be-profiled/) - For a moment I thought, seeing I was on the same beach as the day before that I was somehow being associated with the “naked analyst”. It was my turn to be profiled, as sun dropping out of the sky like a rock falling, found me beach combing for an interview. A twinge of
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / “If it’s nude? I’ll be there!”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-if-its-nude-ill-be-there/) - You know that game where you whisper in someone’s ear, they pass it on to another, and after it goes to more and more people, the original whisper has changed. Often morphed into a fabrication nowhere close to the beginning thought. I think they call it the Telephone game. Fun at parties, but how often
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / “We’re Kind Of A Big Deal – People Know Us”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-were-kind-of-a-big-deal-people-know-us/) - Seeking marriage proposal from a hot rich man who knows how to sail. It was day one of my Hawaii experience. A week of training a very cool division of the military, a group called JPAC; they’re primary focus, to find our MIA’s. My task was to work with their photography unit in sharing
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Feelings Of Past Return](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-feelings-of-past-return/) - As I sit here re-authoring the posts of 2011, I am feeling the magnitude of there impact. Not just in a past tense, but in a go forward perspective–wanting to be certain that I am providing you meaningful stories to read. Now, 20 days into these update, I am reliving feelings, and I hope not
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Is What We See At First Glance?](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-is-what-we-see-at-first-glance/) - “not too tight or loose, gentle, like you care.” It was my first attempt at going to a shopping center to meet a stranger. A destination filled with many guarded people. Made sense. After all, it is at the mall where endless unsolicited sales approaches happen; and as per what I was doing, how
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / "With a Gun and Not a Passport"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-with-a-gun-and-not-a-passport/) - “everybody can run, only one can be first, but the last across the finish really is the one who wins the greatest prize,” It was high school football night as I sat on the sidelines of a family friends game. Thought I’d try an experiment and just sit. Settled in to not wander. Figured
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / “No Shoes On The Mat!” ](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-no-shoes-on-the-mat/) - It only took me seconds to realize the place was all about respect of other persons... It was starting to look like a night that was going to leave me empty-handed and alone. I had lost count of how many people I approached, all of whom I found on the streets, most very friendly
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / The Ultimate Death of What’s for Dinner?](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-the-ultimate-death-of-whats-for-dinner/) - They say it takes twenty-one days for something to become a habit and, at day eighteen of my commitment to interview strangers every day for a year; the project was starting to grow ingrained in all that I did. People were starting to ask me why I was doing it. At the time I had
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Water Really Does Seek Its Own Level](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-water-really-does-seek-its-own-level/) - I was growing to love my Sunday neighborhood strolls. I had lived in my house for 9 years, thought I knew the area, and after only two weeks of meeting strangers I was realizing I knew nothing about the people who live so near to me. They were, and are, amazing. A story within everyone;
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / The Gangsta?](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-the-gansta/) - "We Need To Help Our Kids" Heading into the third week of interviewing strangers, and the impact the project was having on my family was becoming overwhelmingly apparent—taking the majority of my time during a time when our financial situation was less than solvent. A coin collecting time when recovering from a debilitating recession
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / "Be Good and Do Good"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-be-good-and-do-good/) - "Be Good And Do Good" - Mark - September 24, 2011: I was directing a casting session and in doing so had the opportunity to meet 200 people. Not exactly like approaching strangers on the street. But I figured they were still strangers—people I was meeting for the first time. So I thought, technically speaking,
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / “There is always a way, you just have to want it bad enough.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-there-is-always-a-way-you-just-have-to-want-it-bad-enough/) - “There is always a way, you just have to want it bad enough.” Say, “Hello,” to Brian: dancer, graphic designer, and gym enthusiast. I met him at Kinko’s while printing paperwork for a casting session I was doing the following day; assisted me in restocking paper into the printer I was working at. He
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / The 10:30pm Poet](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-the-1030pm-poet/) - They called themselves Weird Buddies, but there was nothing weird about these kids. It was 10:30pm, the day not over, completing final pre-production for a project I was producing and directing. I’d been watching the clock all day, looking for a chance to break away for a 365 outing. It was only an hour-and-a-half away
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / "The World Is The World"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-the-world-is-the-world/) - I asked him what he meant? He responded in telling me that people are generally good and change is possible. It just takes time... 365 was growing to be a big part of my life as I transitioned into the second week of the project. Its impact taking root in all aspects of my
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Lab "Otto" Style](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-lab-otto-style/) - She stood puzzled, “Lab, Otto Style?" My eyes were watering and the room was a blur. It was 6pm and deep in pre-production for an upcoming project, I’d barely eaten on a day that was wonderfully insane. I’m a little crazy in the fact that I love days like that; they keep my mind
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Fragile As Flowers & An Important Challenge](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-fragile-as-flowers-an-important-challenge/) - A CHALLENGE—In authoring today’s story, and in gratitude to Shabbir and his family, I invite you to take a short break from whatever you are doing. To reach out to someone important to you by simply letting them know you care about them and just how important they are to you. It was Sunday
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Less Violence, More Fixies](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-less-violence-more-fixies/) - Vincent was planning on going to business school and dreamed of one day opening a bike shop just like Antonio’s. Antonio gave his blessing with one condition, “OK by me as long as it’s 30 miles from mine.” Vincent replied with the harassment one would expect from a best friend, “How about another state.”
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / The Betty Boop of Wilmington Ohio](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-the-betty-boop-of-wilmington-ohio/) - She showed me photos of her eleven grandchildren and six great-grand children, and as we bridged past the pleasantries, we shifted to a darker history... I was traveling from a location scout in San Diego, feeling rather tired from a long day of driving. En-route home from my dear old mum’s apartment, I dropped
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / And The Oscar Goes To...](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-and-the-oscar-goes-to/) - When you think of the West Coast photo scene, you may think of a who’s-who list of name photographers, but on September 16, 2011 I met true photographic royalty. Say, “Hello,” to two incredibly hard-working people: Silvino and his sister Andrea. For years Silvino’s name has been synonymous with quality flash equipment repair. Never met
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / The Book Of James](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-the-book-of-james/) - The Book Of James. It was day 6, almost one week into my one-year commitment to meet a stranger and post a story every day. I had 359 days to go, and the good thing was, to that point, my family was still on board. September 15, 2011: My daughter and I passed Taft
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / It's More Than News Coverage](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-its-more-than-news-coverage/) - I asked, “Where are you from?” He said, “Wherever I’m passing by.” I had the opportunity to photograph the news anchors of Univision 34, Los Angeles—a great group of people to work with and a ton of fun to photograph. The photo shoot started very early in the morning and finished in the evening.
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Fish Out Of Water Saved By Francis The Key Guy](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-fish-out-of-water-saved-by-francis-the-key-guy/) - Take one middle-class Caucasian man dressed like a college golfer; put him in a public park; place a camera around his neck and paperwork in his hand. Then have him loiter around the teen center—at night, mind you. Sound suspicious? Perhaps. I was not really thinking too soundly on this one. The saving grace
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Alishia’s Insights](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-alishias-insights/) - There I was, walking my neighborhood saying hi to all my neighbors. Felt strangely like Ozzie on an outing to borrow a cup of sugar for Harriet. No not Ozzy Osborn, but Ozzie Nelson. Ozzie Nelson? If you don’t know the vintage sitcom, Ozzie and Harriet were the ideal TV family and ran on ABC from October
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / A Quick Entry – Travel Log Style](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-a-quick-entry-travel-log-style/) - 11:30am: Early lunch with family, I sat in uncomfortable chair at breakfast joint. Almost decided to photograph and interview Chef Abraham. Discouraged by the lunch rush, I passed on the prospect. 1:00pm: Fry’s Electronics. Bought blue-tooth keypad for iPad and spent enjoyable 30 minutes in demo massage chair. Healed from the terrible ergonomics of entry one. Still
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Slava – "Songs About Friends"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-slava-songs-about-friends/) - “What is your name?” I asked. In deep dialect he responded, “Slava.” “Do you have a hobby, Slava?” I casually followed up. He paused, glanced at my reflection in the rear view mirror, eyes staring as if summing me up; and, after an uncomfortable delay–“Guitar.” “What kind of music?” I inquired further. He lightly laughed
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Levi– “What If We Pay More Attention?”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-levi-what-if-we-pay-more-attention/) - From the very beginning of my stranger meeting journey I promised to describe my feelings in one way or the other; so in continuing to honor the integrity of the commitment, I’ll stand by that pledge in this installment of Sidewalk Ghosts. June 27, 2012, stuck on traffic jammed highway 101, I was exasperated. Stressed,
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Jalon– The Barber of Men](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk-ghosts-jalon-the-barber-of-men/) - “Try to find some kind of a spiritual crutch, so when people are not around you can rely on, you have somewhere to turn.” March 10, 2012 – It was 7:00pm on a Friday night, the streets full of people enjoying the evening as the aroma of limitless dining choices wafted in the air—a
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 455: "The Power of One Is Remarkable" (a few faces of our YouTube trailer)](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-455-the-power-of-one-is-remarkable-a-few-faces-of-our-youtube-trailer/) - Hundred of people have we met through Operation-365. Years of meeting strangers (all of whom have become vicarious friends in growing us together), months of hearing your comments and days filled with challenges calling us to engage in the 365 experience. The sum whole of what we are doing is ever-expanding as our awakening progresses,
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 453: “Be Fearless... Be Bold”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-453-be-fearless-be-bold/) - “Do not follow the status quo...” —Roy [youtube=http://youtu.be/f_LdbUmhFm4]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 452: Ted’s Liberty](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-452-teds-liberty/) - “Life’s too short... Don’t blink, you’ll miss it...” —Ted [youtube=http://youtu.be/6tJS9pygjyI]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 451: “That’s The Way It Ought To Be”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-451-thats-the-way-it-ought-to-be/) - "Nope, I just live by what I just told you..." —Hal [youtube=http://youtu.be/Al6weFS30ws] “How’s the essay coming?” she says, looking at me with a youthful, I’ve got it covered reassurance. Editing time for #O365blogumentry is 3 feet to my left and at the helm of episode 451 is Amalie, our guest editor for the day. Hailing
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 450: “Life... The Continuum”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-450-life-the-continuum/) - “We are hung up on politics, race relations, all these little things that we feel like we have to overcome...” —Simba & Saundra [youtube=http://youtu.be/tkBNcmK2fKg]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 449: “I Think Adults Should Listen To The Children”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-449-i-think-adults-should-listen-to-the-children/) - “Help the earth, protect it or nothing can happen, so like...” —Kacy [youtube=http://youtu.be/ya2Vawm00WQ]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 448: “A Land Called Cobb County”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-448-a-land-called-cobb-county/) - “I am a direct descendant of two people on the trail of tears...” —Beal [youtube=http://youtu.be/rk8qK9a4YBs]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / "Purposefully Look To Expand Your View"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-purposefully-look-to-expand-your-view/) - "Make friends of many different backgrounds. (And you'll learn we're not so different after all.)" —Maren and Brian Maren, Brian, Thank you for sending us your photo and words of wisdom. It is so easy to get caught in our own worlds and in this new digital age, forgetting about the power of real contact
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 447: “Find The Magic”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-447-find-the-magic-2/) - “There’s me words of wisdom... If you are going to commit, commit all the way...” —Chuck (with Karen) [youtube=http://youtu.be/640-iM2QfNI]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 446: “Everything Else Falls Into Place”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-446-everything-else-falls-into-place/) - “One singular word... just respect. Respect one another; and why...?” —John [youtube=http://youtu.be/ckXBz7ef5tA]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / "Know Thy SELF"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/interview-365-know-thy-self/) - "Know Thy SELF. We must look within to find love, peace, and beauty, and when we find it within, we will find it outside, in our lives, in people, in our existence..." Great wisdom from Australia. Say hello to Melanie, our first Interview-365 friend of 2014. Melanie's words are inspiring and her thoughts towards the
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 445: "Stuff Like This"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-445-stuff-like-this-2/) - “’Alright... I’ll quote the peace movement. Once you’ve marched around the United States, back and forth... from Pasadena to New York and back like four times. 27,000 miles. ‘Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, hatred with love...’” —Dale [youtube=http://youtu.be/lzaWBBZM0Uc]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Articles: An Open Confession](https://sidewalkghosts.com/articles-an-open-confession/) - I’m a little conflicted in thought today. Uplifted in most parts, yet burdened by a sub-emotion that has been nagging at me for the past 24 hours... ...An ache that has crept into my heart pending a few street exchanges yesterday—conversations that have hovered over my soapbox of optimism like a figurative haze of doubt;
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 444: “I’m Just A Kid In An Older Body”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-444-im-just-a-kid-in-an-older-body/) - “Try to imagine yourself as if you’re gonna meet yourself for the first time. What would you want yourself, to pretty much, think about you?” —Beast [youtube=http://youtu.be/nUtyAF2WzKE]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 443: “OK, So I’m A One World Person!”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-443-ok-so-im-a-one-world-person/) - “You need to step outside the prejudices and the mindset you were raised with, or have accumulated over the many years, and look at things from a new perspective...” —Sherrie [youtube=http://youtu.be/9sdW2Zbnfs4]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 442: “Pay It Forward... Like The Movie”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-442-pay-it-forward-like-the-movie/) - “Enjoy peoples differences, including silly. Laugh as much as you can. Smile. Do goofy things. You know, to get other people to smile and come out of their shell. Don’t just look at people who are different with a, you know, oh gosh they’re awful because they are acting so silly, or so weird, or
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 441: “They Need Love”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-441-they-need-love/) - “To many people, they work a lot, they forgot about their kids...” —Orlando [youtube=http://youtu.be/5Wg_yMmZrJc] I could write a long essay about Orlando. But to keep it short let me share a few qualities of this kind man: Humility, intelligence, caring, politeness, acceptance, courage and a loving commitment to family. Enough said. Orlando, welcome to Operation-365
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 439: “The Moments That We Have Now”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-439-the-moments-that-we-have-now/) - “I guess if you think too much about work and business the future can be a little scary...” —David [youtube=http://youtu.be/YBA0F4xCAQc]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 438: “What Good Is Waiting?”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-438-what-good-is-waiting/) - Sometimes it feels as if the world is conspiring against 365, something that I am learning to take as a compliment. My reasoning? If what we are doing has no significance then it would most likely receive no resistance. So again, bumps are just part of the path in growing our community and our message
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 437: “2 is better than 1, 3 is better than 2...”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumenraty-day-437-2-is-better-than-1-3-is-better-than-2/) - “Everybody has to be connected to each other and helping each other. Not just thinking about themselves and acting selfish... The Karma is coming back to you.” —Arian [youtube=http://youtu.be/sL_1BY3bbMQ]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 436: “Respect Has Such Deep Meaning”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-436-respect-has-such-deep-meaning/) - “Everyone’s always faced issues. Human rights, poverty, anything that you can count...” —Aria [youtube=http://youtu.be/YOJug8a7dfI]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 435: “A Good War...? I Haven’t Come Up With One Yet”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-435-a-good-war-i-havent-come-up-with-one-yet/) - “There is a better way to do things other than killing people...” —Gary [youtube=http://youtu.be/Kqv2tq7gdBA]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 434: “Learn From Everybody And Be Yourself”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-434-learn-from-everybody-and-be-yourself/) - "Here we are with our friend Ursula..." [youtube=http://youtu.be/-CLzsRLmPzM] Often I’m asked, "How do you know who to approach?" Well, sorry to say that I am clueless for a standard answer. It just happens. Sometimes I walk up to people; sometimes they walk up to me. Yes, I am Mr. Vicarious in life. I’m that guy
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Article - A Four Letter Word](https://sidewalkghosts.com/article-365-a-four-letter-word/) - I sit here writing, contemplative, examining... I sit here, looking at my wife and daughter across the room, wondering about the example I am setting for them? I sit here thinking about the sum whole of why Operation-365 even exists and the blood, sweat and tears put into building it. I sit here in analysis—self-debating
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 433: “The Right Type Of Love”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-433-the-right-type-of-love/) - “Every interaction that you have in the entire world or throughout your entire life is meaningful, whether it is bad or good...” —Alexia and Carlos [youtube=http://youtu.be/7jq0Z8bpC24]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 432: “Call Your Mom”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365blogumentary-day-432-call-your-mom/) - “I can’t really think right now, I would say...” —Salvador [youtube=http://youtu.be/jn22j0galUo]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 431: “The Sameness”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-431-the-sameness/) - “We love the same things. We love our children. We love our dogs. We love beauty. We love nature. We love freedoms. We want the same things and we strive for the same things and we hope for the same things...” —Julie [youtube=http://youtu.be/fc2pbc3CD6c]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 430: “Letting Go Of Stereotypes”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-430-letting-go-of-stereotypes/) - “We live in a place that we are connected to everyone and everything through love…” —Marilyn [youtube=http://youtu.be/slVnpgA6RFM]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 429: “Without Bees, Human Population Would Cease To Exist”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-429-without-bees-human-population-would-cease-to-exist/) - “Buying local honey you help produce honey from your local area. You also help those crops from your local area. It helps our nation be better…” —LeRoy [youtube=http://youtu.be/M1TDEH0AYiY]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 428: “Make The World Go Round”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-428-make-the-world-go-round/) - “I don’t think things really change that much, human nature being what it is. I think if we just try to keep thing sustainable...” —Reah [youtube=http://youtu.be/AjJ2hNDORAY]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 427:  Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-427-supercalifragilisticexpialidocious/) - "Be patient and to be kind and remember that everybody is a person, and they have emotions and they have feelings, even though they are going through a million other things… you should never compare yourself to them because they are going to have a completely different life than you are…" —Jaye (and Jeremy) [youtube=http://youtu.be/WDC6wLgMz5M]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts /  Interview 426: The Dream Catchers](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-426-the-dream-catchers/) - I truly believe that we should follow our dreams as a people… as a human race, and do things that make us happy. But take into consideration everyone else: Family, friends, strangers, the world around you. Selfishness is definitely a thing of the past. We all need to look to the future. There’s gonna be
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Articles: Buckeye Pie](https://sidewalkghosts.com/articles-365-buckeye-pie/) - Writing? In my wildest dreams is something that I though I would never be doing with the frequency I now find in my life. Photography has been good to me. My passion. My primary form of expression. My sole medium and provider for so many wonderful years. No, this is not the beginning of a
- [Sidewalk Ghosts /  Interview 425: “It Comes Down to You”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-425-it-comes-down-to-you/) - “If we just communicate better and just educate one another as much as we can…” —Corey [youtube=http://youtu.be/jUksDESua4I]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 424: “Unite... It’s A Simple Word”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-425-unite-its-a-simple-word/) - “The power is one is something that I find a lot of truth in. It’s really important to stand up for what you believe in and to be aware of everything happening in the world...” —Cali [youtube=http://youtu.be/rQGLDkvUvYo]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 423: “Be A Decent Human Being”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-423-be-a-decent-human-being/) - I'd probably have to say to take the world for everything that it is” —Lee [youtube=http://youtu.be/rQ62eSZNf1Q]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 422: “Ripped Off A Guys Bumper”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-422-ripped-off-a-guys-bumper/) - ‘”I’d say, ‘take every minute for granted… you never know what’s gonna happen…’” —Toby [youtube=http://youtu.be/gjnfrknKYTE]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 421: “Getting Back To The Root”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-421-getting-back-to-the-root/) - “Love yourself and love people unconditionally…” —Steel [youtube=http://youtu.be/-X7InSrYntA]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 420: “To See Each Other”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-420-to-see-each-other/) - “Life is hard in itself, but we all have the opportunity to look…” —Elvidio [youtube=http://youtu.be/hKsev_8zL28]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 419: “We’re All A Family and We Need To Act Like It”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-419-were-all-a-family-and-we-need-to-act-like-it/) - “If we all just looked ahead…” —Alethea [youtube=http://youtu.be/sKHETHzeRp0]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 417: "Heed Your Inner Voice"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-417-heed-your-inner-voice-2/) - "A Long Way From Home..." The magnificent voice of Caroline [youtube=http://youtu.be/XTux9Hm-9gE]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 416: Learning To Be More Honest](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-416-learning-to-be-more-honest/) - If you had the stage and the whole world were listening… what words of wisdom, council or advice would you share? —Lisa and Kevin Answer. [youtube=http://youtu.be/2MAI9a0i6oQ]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 415: “100 Percent Today”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-415-100-percent-today/) - “The secret of life can be summed up in one word…” —Louis [youtube=http://youtu.be/s8xuFdeZqng]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 415: We Are Students First... And Teachers Next”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-415-we-are-students-first-and-teachers-next/) - “I think the most important thing that I have learnt through my life is to grow where you are planted...” —Natasha [youtube=http://youtu.be/BGqkDACreGY]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 414: “Fear Itself”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-413b-fear-itself/) - “People got to start realizing that living now days is harder than it was 20 years ago and our future of our children is really in bad shape…” —Vincent [youtube=http://youtu.be/eNEuK77RLic]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 413: “Because Lying Takes Too Much Energy”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/0-365-blogumentary-day-413-because-lying-takes-too-much-energy/) - “A wise man once told me, whether you eat steaks or hot dogs at night, it does not matter. It's all going to…” Steve [youtube=http://youtu.be/v_9fjLblh0M]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 412: Changing Patterns](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-412-changing-patterns/) - "I’m from Dusseldorf… I wanted to break out kind of…" —Stephan [youtube=http://youtu.be/rc9kYIIUpdM]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 411: Bilo-Bilo-Baba-Baba-Blag](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-411-bilo-bilo-baba-baba-blag/) - “I feel like people are obsessed with complication…” —Melanie [youtube=http://youtu.be/CFU-RPjgt54]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 410: “Three Words, ‘Who am I?”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-410-three-words-who-am-i/) - “I really think that times are changing. A lot more people are understanding the kind of traps that we’re in…” —Dustin [youtube=http://youtu.be/TKwHhnmwEhk]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 409: “Hitting The Reset Button”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-409-hitting-the-reset-button/) - “I try and step back and look at other people’s religion. If someone wants to tell me about it I try to... Religion is for good. It’s not for battle... If somehow we could loose the racism, it opens us up to everything else” —Jeremy [youtube=http://youtu.be/ZKS9yifk3Ug]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 409: “If The Answer Is Because... Then It Is Probably Not The Best Answer”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-409-if-the-answer-is-because-then-it-is-probably-not-the-best-answer/) - “I hate to say we are kind of leaning more towards consumerism. Consuming things that are not necessary, wasting things. I think that at some point we will realize...” —Brandon [youtube=http://youtu.be/_SGNNIKB8mg]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 407: "Why Me?"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-407-why-me-2/) - “Embrace what you are going through, and understand that sometimes we don’t want to drink of the bitter cup…” —Rod [youtube=http://youtu.be/3XPw6WYnAjQ]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 406: A World Without Borders?](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-406-a-world-without-boarders/) - "No more treating people like crap. Respect your fellow human being. We're all here together on this disk flying through the universe..." —Shane [youtube=http://youtu.be/td9HHNZH7vk]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 405: “Much More Than It Is Right Now”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-405-much-more-than-it-is-right-now/) - "Throughout life you are going to have teammates that work with you, you are going to have teammates that work against you. You’re just have to be versatile…" — Monica [youtube=http://youtu.be/PNoMyeSAQBw]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 404 Part Two: "The Hood Is My Heart... And My Heart Is The Hood..."](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-404-part-two-the-hood-is-my-heart-and-my-heart-is-the-hood/) - "You can't live in a bubble... there is no way..." —Dolores Sheen [youtube=http://youtu.be/FTOVHd52CCI] I don’t know… just sitting here watching the render bar time out, has given me pause as I struggle to figure the best way to summarize the effects Dolores has had on me. Trying to give her justice in representing her wisdom
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 404 Part One: “We’ll Call That Train Sankofa”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-404-chapter-one-well-call-that-train-sankofa/) - “I think people should plant a seed and understand that seed will grow into a tree, and become the shade of the world after you are gone…” Dolores Sheen [youtube=http://youtu.be/uy_WufBz8RM] Sankofa: The word in the Akan language of Ghana that translates in English to "reach back and get it" or the Asante Adinkra symbols of
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 404 Prologue: Hard Words To A Soft Message.](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-404-prologue-hard-words-to-a-soft-message/) - We sit talking... surrounded by walls filled with pictures, art and history. Photo opportunities posed with presidents and celebrities, tribal masks and musical instruments fill a home that is more like museum. Those alone are topics worthy of conversation. Yet, in minutes they somehow fall into the shadows as we converse; and as we do,
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 403: “The Bigger Things?”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-403-the-bigger-things/) - “Hard work, dedication and perseverance pays off…” Giovanni [youtube=http://youtu.be/88YTZiJUOF8]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 402: Nancy Advises… “Let’s Start From Fresh”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-402-nancy-advises-lets-start-from-fresh/) - “I think we are nearing the bottom of a tremendous economic crisis…” —Nancy [youtube=http://youtu.be/-UMoOVwFSf8]
- [√Interview 401: “What’s Right Is Right… And What’s Wrong Is Wrong.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-401-whats-right-is-right-and-whats-wrong-is-wrong/) - “’Well wisdom to me is a living knowledge and I would share the words that were given to me from wisdom directly. ‘Haven’t I given…’” —Ray [youtube=http://youtu.be/NpD3QHtuKPQ] 2pm… Today’s episode due in two hours… miss it… miss our daily time stamp (4pm to be exact). I have no idea of where to go. Off to
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 400: "A Good Four Letter Word"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-400-a-good-four-letter-word/) - “I love when I see these things on television and they show these students that go out on boats, and their like, Oh, we wanted to see where all this stuff is that goes in the ocean…” —Jaymie [youtube=http://youtu.be/aPx2UzDD4nw]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 400: Prologue - Cinderella & Shaved Ice](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-400-prologue-cinderella-shaved-ice/) - OK, here is the situation. Rain, rain and more rain. Not many people on the streets to approach, and on the cuff of that, today is a family day I cannot miss. My daughter's first audition nailed her the lead in Cinderella. With hours to posting time and no new interview in the can, the
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 399: “Under The Thunder”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-399-under-the-thunder/) - “I think love, forgiveness and compassion are three things that we cannot have enough of in our lives, we often forget to give to ourselves…” —Matt [youtube=http://youtu.be/wshFevIaLw8] It’s a thunderous day today, and I’m water-logged rushing to make today's time stamp. Not a bad thing, California has been going through a rough a drought and
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 398: Benny “The Jet” Asks, “What Stops You From Your Better Self?”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-398-benny-the-jet-asks-what-stops-you-from-your-better-self/) - Do you fear your anger? Do you fear not having control? Do you fear of loosing control? Do you fear of being judged..? —Benny “The Jet” Urquidez [youtube=http://youtu.be/MMeXO0nsY5c] When you first meet him it is hard to look into his gaze. His history reads as who’s who list of martial arts and film credits (check
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 397: Why Should People Do This?](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-397-why-should-people-do-this/) - “It's good for all to find common ground, and when you are put on the spot like this, you really tell the truth about how you feel about what’s going on; and you can only go forward when you get a bunch of great ideas together...” —Tasha [youtube=http://youtu.be/cJhvtqYekbk] “I’ve got to get my head in
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 396: Flavio and Lucy (Part Two) - "Everyone Is Looking Down"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-396-flavio-and-lucy-part-two-everyone-is-looking-down/) - “Turn off your electronic equipment, if only for a day. It is harming the children in ways we don't realize. It's okay to use an iPad for learning, some science, or learning something, but what I usually see are people completely disconnected to the world. Everyone is looking down…” —Lucy [youtube=http://youtu.be/NdDSg1R80p4] The last week I
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 395: Flavio and Lucy (Part One)](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-395-flavio-and-lucy-part-one/) - "We all need to lean, we need to connect our senses, our brain, our body and our spirit more together" –Flavio [youtube=http://youtu.be/otLCepArh2I]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 394: “Why Don’t We Quite Ourselves?”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-394-why-dont-we-quite-ourselves/) - “I am humbled to think of the possibility of future where people are serving one another. Not just because they are of the same religion, race or of the same anything, but, simply for the fact that they are another person who has a story just like they do. Everyone wants to tell their story…
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 393: “Peace… Out”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-393-peace-out/) - “Professionalism is delivering the product that you said you would deliver, with your own slant to it” —Richard (That’s me) and our new friend Steve… [youtube=http://youtu.be/v9pUn0-kW6M]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 392: “More Positive Vibes Out There… That’s For Sure.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o_365-blogumentary-day-392-more-positive-vibes-out-there-thats-for-sure/) - “Be kind... Put a smile on someone’s face, even if you don’t know them.” — Angie [youtube=http://youtu.be/jU-hqmVSnRg]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 391: Outside The Cobalt](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-391-outside-the-cobalt/) - [youtube=http://youtu.be/pO0oqvSINw8]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 390: “Is Open-Minded 2 Words?”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-390-is-open-minded-2-words/) - “One of the most difficult things we have is to try and convince folks to do something other than what they’ve been doing for the last 10 or 20 years…” –Vince [youtube=http://youtu.be/0M7BW0NTL7E]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 389: “Beautiful Music”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-389-beautiful-music/) - "We need to all live together as a single unit. Care about each other, It’s not about race or religion. It’s about people. I’m blind, which means I’m color blind. Everybody is just a person and we need to view people as equals…" —Sean [youtube=http://youtu.be/TLkr8fGDN_w] They are called CRE OUTREACH – Theatre by the blind.
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 388: More Love Than Expected](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-388-more-love-than-expected/) - “Sharing is the most important thing in life… and when it comes to sharing we get to know people better than who we are…” —Milton [youtube=http://youtu.be/PJsrZ2Wtn4U] It’s a crazy day, slammed with deadline and commitments. Even as I write this I’m rushing to make a meeting. That’s the way it is when doing a 365
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 387: “Authenticity and Love… That’s Two.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-387-authenticity-and-love-thats-two/) - “Stay true to your authentic self in everything that you do. I think a lot of people spend a lot of time worrying about what other people think and are afraid to…” –Gina [youtube=http://youtu.be/ctQNNJVKfUg]
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 386: "Dream Big... The Right Way"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-386-dream-big-the-right-way/) - “All things that happen in your life is designed… That God put people in your life for a reason… Faith is first… then it is integrity.” —Kenny [youtube=http://youtu.be/qpQXViWCEco] He resembles Hall of Fame’s Dave Winfield, Frank Thomas and Ozzie Newsome as he played for the Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres and Montreal Expo’s. Then there
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 385: In One Word… “Harmony”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-385-in-one-word-harmony/) - [youtube=http://youtu.be/cZJLJYLLkqg] "We often times to get stuck with the expectations of society, what we’re supposed to do, how we are supposed to live our lives and you don't want to get caught up in other people’s expectations…" — Erik
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 384: "Authentically You… That’s My Advice."](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-384-authentically-you-thats-my-advice/) - “Remember to be you. Authentically you and smile to strangers and love everybody but love yourself. Always, always, always just do that little bit extra, even if it's not convenient. That’s my advice.” —Roshan [youtube=http://youtu.be/sFQbVwEkNdQ] So there I was, sitting at my desk, consumed in completing a long list of tasks as I prioritized my
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 383: “Pass It Around… We Need It.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365-blogumentary-day-383-pass-it-around-we-need-it/) - [youtube=http://youtu.be/KK0rG_KtTcc] Today’s stranger now friend, Benjamin, begins, “I would say share who you are. Share yourself so somebody gets to know you, who you truly are. There is no time for hate or anything to be passed around. There should be more love going around. It’s not enough of that. I think people are loosing
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 382: "Try To Be Remarkable... Every Day"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-382-try-to-be-remarkable-every-day/) - [youtube=http://youtu.be/78t1Z2tzj9o] If you had the stage… the undivided attention of the world… and all were listening… What words of wisdom, council or advice would you share? Today's "Stranger" now "Friend," Martin, answers.
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 381: “Stop Fronting and Be Yourself”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-381-stop-fronting-and-be-yourself/) - [youtube=http://youtu.be/s1sYaHh4g34] “I’m 22 and I quit my job recently, and its been terrifying entering the business world as someone like me who has been, like, a sensitive musician my whole life and I’m starting to confront the things that most of us deal with on a daily basis, and that’s everybody's obsession with status, success
- [Sidewalk Ghosts / Interview 380: "You Cannot Spell Oblivious Without Obvious"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o-365-blogumentary-day-380-you-cannot-spell-oblivious-without-obvious/) - [youtube=http://youtu.be/BSNOGN59fHo] Flip says, “You cannot spell oblivious without obvious. There is all sorts of potential all around this damn world, all in your damn self, just staring you in the face… Leave something…”
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 379: "You're Already Off To A Better Start"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/o365-blogumentary-day379-youre-already-off-to-a-better-start/) - [youtube=http://youtu.be/ydofuuakSTs] “Be the change you would like to see in the world.” Quotes Josh, today’s stranger now friend. He continues with his own words… "I’ve noticed that life doesn't exactly get any easier; you just get more accustomed to going about your daily life. So even though things can get you down and make things
- [“For Our Future Warriors”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/for-our-future-warriors/) - I just finished watching a simple little film, “Into The White.” Directed by Norwegian director Petter Naess. In it, two flight crews, one from a German bomber and the other from a British plane, find themselves surviving together in the frigid conditions of Norway’s mountain, where both planes crashed in a remote area. It’s one
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 367: "To Run or To Hide?"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/project-365-day-367-to-run-or-to-hide/) - Hi friends. I’ve promised you a re-start of our Project 365’s interviews of strangers, so here we go. I’ll admit, this entry is way past due, and to be completely open about it, I met our new friend last September... only days after completing the one year of daily entries. Time has just run away,
- ["If We Could Stand In Someone Else’s Shoes..."](https://sidewalkghosts.com/if-we-could-stand-in-someone-elses-shoes/) - “Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?” – Henry David Thoreau My wife brought this video to my attention the other day. "I know you don't want Operation-365 to become commercial..." she said, "but you have to post this." I agree, even though it
- [Shane Koyczan... "We Thank You for your art"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/shane-koyczan-we-thank-you-for-your-art/) - "Instructions For A Bad Day" Written, Performed and Produced by Shane Koyczan Please take a moment to watch... very powerful and moving.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 366: "The Stranger Inside Myself"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-366-the-stranger-inside-myself/) - Wow, this day has come way too fast... and exactly how do I express the impact “Project 365” has had on my life? Intent is the word that wakes me this morning as my eyes cracked open and my mind began running its sleepy headed reflections, booting up while pondering just what to say in
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 365: "Many Paths - One Journey - One Destination"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-365-many-paths-one-journey-one-destination/) - 365 days of discovery, hundreds of photos of new friends and thousands of words written... I’ll not look at the world the same again. And, exactly who do I interview in completing my last day of a one year challenge; a challenge that has empowered me with a mission that has literally changed the course
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 364: "Reducing Our Cluttered Minds"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-364-reducing-our-cluttered-minds/) - I can’t really say it is writers block, bit in writing today my mind is a little slowed, so I am just sitting here letting my typing fingers grab whatever they want. And for a guy who claims to not be a writer, it seems that over the last year, somehow my ten digit extremities
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 363: "Transformations Are Inspiring"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-363-transformations-are-inspiring/) - “If I had to boil it down into one sentence... that would be to treat your neighbor as you want to be treated,” say today’s stranger now friend, Steve. Words that roll off the lips of so many of us, and words that are fundamental to the hope that many of us share. And at
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 362: “We Are On The Right Road”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-362-we-are-on-the-right-road/) - After listening to my explained history of 365, Rabbi Mentz looks into my eyes... “You’re on a journey to find yourself.” I cannot disagree, and in doing so, a peace fill my heart. A peace that I’m sure we all looking for. It’s that feeling of purpose, that joy of knowing that the path has
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 361: "It Ain't Hell's Kitchen, It's Opportunity"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-361-it-aint-hells-kitchen-its-opportunity/) - Here I go again, walking up to people in parking lots, and in my own neighborhood none-the-less. How shameless. And, if you had asked me at the beginning of 365 if I would wander my own area so often, I would have most likely dismissed the notion. Thinking, “I need to travel as far as
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 360: “Happy Belly Button Day”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-360-happy-belly-button-day/) - At a pace that is difficult to keep up with, The Chief talks of medicine, his spiritual reference for prayers, of his outlook toward his fellow human beings, of his years living on Venice beach, the importance of parenting, the environment and of his wishes for a more loving world. “There was a lot of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 359: "Calvin, I’ve Always Liked That Name"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-359-calvin-ive-always-liked-that-name/) - “Stop it! That’s it... Stop It!” Calvin pleads. “We all need to stop it...! We are such a joke around the world... We just need to stop it! Stop everything... the cheating, the lying, the politics, the don’t give a damn about your fellow-man, don’t care about your family, too much divorce, robberies, gang bangers
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 358: “Hats Off To All The Visible People!”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-358-hats-off-to-all-the-visible-people/) - I call my good friend, and very talented Director of Photography, Bruce. “Do you want to go with me on a 365 outing?” “Sure, when and where...?” Even offers to drive as he buys in. “Pick me up at 8:00pm, and how about you choose where we will go,” I suggest as Bruce and I
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 357: "It's OK To Hug Strangers"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-358-its-ok-to-hug-strangers/) - Main Street, Venice, California, 8:00pm - the area is buzzing with foot traffic and constantly changing activity, and in the middle of it all, three people are talking enthusiastically as they sit in front of a little art gallery. There is something about them that will not let me ignore approaching them, but how? They
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 356: “Bubbles With The Chicana Gypsy”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-356-bubbles-with-the-chicana-gypsy/) - Entry 354 told you where I have been for the last couple of days... at a casting session for project I’m producing and shooting this month. Even introduced you to Blanca, casting director turned friend, a very cool lady with a special magnetism about her, evidenced in the way she sees good in all people.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 355: "The Doll of Melrose"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-355-the-doll-of-melrose/) - The sidewalks of trendy Melrose Boulevard pass under my Old Navy flip-flops as I race to beat the last pulses of ‘Don’t Walk” blinks of red signage. But traffic signals warnings, scare me not, I’m an edgy guy in an edgy neighborhood. So I’ll be cool. I'll and show the world how plus 50 years
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 354: "I've Seen Turkey And Oklahoma"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-354-ive-seen-turkey-and-oklahoma/) - A little behind the scenes Hollywood excitement for you today, or better introduced, dispelling the myths of industry glam. Casting for an ad shoot I’m doing in September is on the agenda, and stuffed with chocolate chip cookies and fruit I sit in meeting a variety of theatrical characters as they appeal to the court
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 353: "Like Mother Teresa Said"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-353-like-mother-teresa-said/) - “With every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need. One for One.” No... I have not been paid by any evil empire to commercialize 365, but you have to admit that TOMS is founding a business model on principles greater than that of the bottom line.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 352: “It Was No Shotgun Wedding”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-352-it-was-no-shotgun-wedding/) - I never fully get the opportunity to ask Sandy the two 365 questions, there is just no time for it as the clock begins to turn close to the 4:00pm mark. It’s been a very eventful day. 6:15am: Load car with luggage. 6:30am: Begin first leg of rush hour traffic. 7:45am: Drop wife and daughter
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 351: "Empathy, Liberty and Dodged Dog Bites"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-351-empathy-liberty-and-dodged-dog-bites/) - It’s been quite an interesting week... my business is busier than ever, my commitment to 365 is not faltering, and despite the emotional hit I took from the lack of attendance at our Ping Pong Council of Saturday past, the opportunity to meet like minded people has not eluded me. Another unexplainable few days have
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 350: “Come On... You Can Do This... Figure It Out”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-350-come-on-you-can-do-this-figure-it-out/) - You may remember Betsy of day sixty-three, a really cool lady and the art teacher of my daughter. Not only is she sincere in her collaboration with the world, she is a very talented artist who since our meeting, has embarked on her own 365 day blog commitment in hitting her over 180 day mark
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 349: "There Is A Kindness To This Design and Ping Pong Council Today"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-249-there-is-a-kindness-to-this-design-and-ping-pong-council-today/) - You know, I a little speechless in writing today... strange to say, but true. Seventeen days left of 365 and the emotions I am feeling are sublime. Some mornings I wake looking forward to a day off from writing, yet on others... almost a tear drawing mood encapsulates me in not wanting to see the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 346: "Cricket Anyone?"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-346-cricket-anyone/) - I’m standing in the middle of a field under the artificial light of incandescent floods. To the left of me is a gathering of soccer kids, their parents and coach, all deep in practice ending chatter. Ahead of me are two female teenagers in the middle of some type of gymnastic exercise, and to the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 345: "Serendipity, Karma, Fate, Accident, Coincidence?"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-345-serendipity-karma-fate-accident-coincidence-2/) - Serendipity, Karma, Fate, Accident, Coincidence or any other theories from Gestalt to a broad range of reference on a number of laws of attraction, all concepts to consider in the meeting of today’s strangers turned friends, Autumn and Jason. And I promise that I am not wearing any symbolic pendant or sporting any form of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 344: Chapter One/Page One, “Sorting Recyclables”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-344-chapter-onepage-one-sorting-recyclables/) - The environment is at the top of the list this week. And over a summer escaping chilled Jamba Juice pit stop we run into Erin. It’s very late in the afternoon and the day has been packed with start-up business. Part of which has been planning for the next phase of 365. Yes friends, the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 343: "Alfonso's Example And A Ping Pong Invitation"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-343-alfonsos-example-and-a-ping-pong-invitation-2/) - 6:00am... take a walk in the neighborhood in readying myself for the day. As I stroll, passing many a house, I ponder the years have I lived in my home, the added twenty my wife has resided on our block (we bought her parents house) and the one year of my 365 awareness. In it,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 342: "The Friendly Islands"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-342-the-friendly-islands/) - I’m sitting here watching the clock tick by, and with my time stamp getting very close to advancing to tomorrow, I’m feeling a little nervous in being able to get you comments from today’s friend John. It’s been an interesting day in keeping the 365 flame burning. Not so much so in regards to my
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 341: "Cast Off Maties, We Have An Ocean To Save"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-341-cast-off-maties-we-have-an-ocean-to-save/) - I’m on short vacation in Long Beach, home of the Queen Mary, and harbor to many a commissioned cruise line. But it is a much shorter excursion that I find myself, and family, on today. For being the land-legged buccaneers that we are, we have decided to hit the high seas, well at least the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 340: “Taco Bell Serves No Fish... We Won’t Hold That Against Them”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-340-taco-bell-serves-no-fish-we-wont-hold-that-against-them/) - Trapped I am not as I sit poolside with one of the most active minds I’ve encountered in a very long time, my new friend, horror filmmaker and reality show editor John. For a few hours we chat, including a short run to the Taco Bell border for midnight snacks. And in this time I
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 339: "A Different Kind Of Music"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-339-a-different-kind-of-music/) - I run into Damian, who with one reservation, “I have a few minutes, I’m waiting to meet a friend,” agrees to share a few words with us and in our meeting I have no idea of the wisdoms to follow. Damian is a gentle guy and very accepting to sit with me in offering his
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 338: "Anahita"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-338-anahita-2/) - “The moment I saw her, I could tell that she had a peace about her,” says my wife in looking over my shoulder as I write about today’s stranger, now friend, Anahita. Her name alone is closely associated by many mythologies with fertility, healing and wisdom. And in noticing her, the spirit she emits is
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 337: "The Seventh Sense"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-337-the-seventh-sense/) - Last night the sun was gone, yet the sound of busy traffic deafened my senses in blocking my ears. This morning proves to be a different, and contrasting, numbness of senses, for the sun is blazing into the sky, and even though my ears are not ringing from scurrying motorists, my senses are still blurred
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 336: "In Pharaoh's Words"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-366-in-pharaohs-words/) - “Take every day one day at a time...” Says new friend Pharaoh, “’...Too often people get stressed out because they are taking on too much. They worry about tomorrow or the day after. But if they focus on just one day... and in getting through that day, in being able to meet the goals of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 335: "The Sewer Of Happiness"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-335-the-sewer-of-happiness/) - “Be kind to each other... give of yourself... allow your gifts to be manifest, and let other people to have their gifts instead of expecting them to follow yours. We are all different... we all have different things that we do well. I’m a good teacher; I’m terrible at other things. I can’t be a
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 334: "Pong Is Good For The Mind"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-334-pong-is-good-for-the-mind/) - Remember last week when I mentioned that my wife and I were doing a role reversal, well as much as we can while still running a business and redeveloping our website. We extended it to two weeks. Day’s that have been a great eye-opening to my family, and days that I will do by best
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 333: "It's A Mac Attack"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-333-its-a-mac-attack/) - My email freaks out today. The activity bar tells me that data is flowing in, but nothing registers in my incoming mailbox. I’ve done my due diligence, set up the same account three times and nothing. And in this world of virtual business... I need my connectivity. Crud...! I’m hooked, pulled into the techno abyss
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 332: "High Tech vs. The Sociology Of The Slurpee"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-332-high-tech-vs-the-sociology-of-the-slurpee/) - It’s 7:00am, the day is beginning, and the streets are shifting from barren to flowing with life. Lines of cars are queuing at the traffic signals while commuters stop for morning coffee. Me...? I’m taking a break from an early work start... stretching my legs and my mind with a leisurely 80 degrees cool morning
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 331: You Are Cordually Invited To The “The Ping-Pong Council”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-331-you-are-cordually-invited-to-the-the-ping-pong-council/) - 35 days to go until the ending date of my 365 goal, one year, at least one stranger turned friend every day. A lot has changed since the beginning of this journey. And although organic to it’s originating purpose of uniting the voices of “We the people,” it has grown to be a greater mission,one
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 330: “Waking Up Is Landing On Mars”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-230-waking-up-is-landing-on-mars/) - In the middle of the Mojave Desert on any 115-degree day can be found a bazaar marker. On it inscribed, “Baker, CA - Gateway To Death Valley.” For decades it has been an iconic photo stop for many a heat wave fatigued traveler. And on it’s face can been seen the atmospheric annotations of the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 329: “The Patio Rats” Are Back](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-329-the-patio-rats-are-back/) - Several months ago I stumbled into a group of friends debating political, social and religious issues without the need for anger, bloodshed or ridicule. That alone is a feat worthy of applause. But what is most unusual about this gathered group of diverse of ladies and gents is the absolute respect they demonstrate in every
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 328: "Two Rejections And A Gift"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-328-two-rejections-and-a-gift/) - Seems it’s the week of questions for me, and just as did Jamar yesterday, today's stranger now friend, Pamela, breaks the ice, inquiring, “Do you feel like you are growing as a person, or just getting inside the heads of how people think?” We talk for a while about her query, and to save you
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 327: "The Trumpet Has Sounded"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-327-the-trumpet-has-sounded/) - Day four of family role reversal takes us to another movie night at California State University Northridge (CSUN). My wife has been glued to the computer all day, and with her eyes and shoulders twitching from LED blindness and computer posture, my daughter, a family friend and I rescue her from the isolation of website
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 326: “Pamtastic”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-326-pamtastic/) - Pam Quotes, “Love is the answer to everything and we all need to take the time to really know who we are at our core. To become whole before we ever merge our life’s with a partner, so that we can have lasting relationships.” Pam is radiant, confident and endearingly extroverted; the kind of person
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview  325: “It Was No Roll Of The Dice”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-325-it-was-no-roll-of-the-dice/) - “Dodgers fans!” I blurb out to the father of the family that is sitting next to my daughter and I as we enjoy day three of the role reversal my wife and I are experimenting with this week. It’s been an interesting week, and to couples of the world... I suggest you try it if
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 324: "I Think We Could Do It... If We Tried”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-324-i-think-we-could-do-it-if-we-tried/) - “Everything closes on Sunday’s. It’s family time” Kara brings us up to speed on the German culture. “I think adults have to behave the way we are demanding our children to behave,” she platforms with an explanation. “’We ask our children to compromise... and to talk to each other in a nice tone. And then
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 323: "I'm A Hugger"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-323-im-a-hugger/) - For the next week, I am clueless as to the length, or depth, of the entries I will be writing. And for the sake of explanation, just think of me a Mr. Mom. As for the next five days I have positioned myself for a role reversal of responsibilities at the office. You see, my
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 322: "Indian Food For The Mind"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-322-indian-food-for-the-mind/) - I look at my wife, my eyes tired and the bargaining begins. “Do you have any ideas for me as to how to get through 365 today/” I whine on, “I’m feeling overwhelmed by all that I have to do and want to spend time at home... with family. Let’s think of an angle that
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 321: “Nothing is Impossible”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-321-nothing-is-impossible/) - It’s so random how I run into people, and never knowing exactly what we will be talking about, there have been many unpredicted topics unveiled, and today proves to be a first. At initial impression, a future prediction is put forth that seems as if pulled from the plot of a Sci-Fi film. But upon
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 320: “Atom(ic) Reaction”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-320-atomic-reaction/) - The Cobalt Café (Day 231) sucks me in again, today meeting Atom the doorman. I catch him as the evening starts, and between lines of youth, and some parents, who entering to be part of the music fest; Atom and I grab a few words. Atom has one general wish; “I’d like to have more
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 319:  "A Date With Spiderman"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-319-a-date-with-spiderman/) - I’ll be honest; my brain is on half power as I write this entry. Not sure why, but for whatever reason, I’m falling short on any snappy opening or theatrical set up. Possibly its the uneasy feeling that was left on me by hearing the back talk of two people who were positioned outside of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 318:  "There Is A Wise Harley Rider Out There"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-318-there-is-a-wise-harley-rider-out-there/) - The only word that comes to my mind is “Chill” in describing Steven, veteran, cycle builder and now friend. “I’ve got all that I need,” Steven tells me in describing his lifestyle. “I share a house with a friend and my stuff will fit in the back of a pick-up truck. I don’t stress that
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 317: "A Frank Discussion"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-317-a-frank-discussion/) - Yesterday I confessed of being stressed and rushed in my day. And in calming me, I credited Ken, the guy I met at the hot dog stand outside of the Lowes Hardware that I was doing business with. What I did not tell you was the spirit of the mentioned lunch stop. Arno is his
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 316: "Peace Is Mother Of Solving All Problems"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-316-peace-is-mother-of-solving-all-problems/) - I’m grateful for the business that has befallen upon me. Please don’t read me as gloating in the face of recession. And in saying this, I am humbled by the terrible years of 08 through 11. Years that pushed my family to the very edges of security. I’ve shared a lot with you over the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 315: "No Regrets"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-315-no-regrets/) - It’s around 10:30pm, one and a half hours away from the day's end. And at day 315, the mere thought of a restart of 365, due to a missed friending is in no way acceptable. I promised a new friend every day, and by gosh, I’m no going to let us down. To the teen
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 314: “Work Hard – Play Hard... For Everyone”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-314-work-hard-play-hard-for-everyone/) - “This in itself is a monument to dreaming big,” Ken points to the architecture of the Walt Disney Concert Hall as he and his lovely wife Elaine stop to chat with us. “Dream big,” are Ken’s to the point words. As simple as they may be, they are possibly the genesis to an unlimited target
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview  313: “Wear Sunblock”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-313-wear-sunblock/) - “We do everything together.” Say’s boyfriend / girlfriend engineering students William and Jessie. Here I go again with my soapbox for the youth of today. “The future is in good hands.” A claim I can comfortably make after meeting so many sharp young adults. “Never stop questioning,” Jessie challenges in crediting Albert Einstein. And questioning
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 312: “Are We Prepared?”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-312-are-we-prepared/) - On May 18, 2012, we conducted an experiment. Setting up a booth at a local art walk, we extended a 365 invitation to anyone who wanted to express one word with the world; a word that they deemed as council to us all. From affirmations to language we heard it all. Yet, in the middle
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 311:  "The Honest Mechanic"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-311-the-honest-mechanic/) - Fitting that I am hearing my scratching brakes, in heavy Los Angeles traffic, as I drive to meet a new friend that has been referred to me by Brook, new friend featured in a past 365 interview, “You have to meet Zareh, he is a great guy!” Brook in herself is quite the human, Her
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 310: “Go On And Do Great Things”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-310-go-on-and-do-great-things/) - Terri told you that I was a little slammed, but although deep into directing a little testimonial spot, I nevertheless get the opportunity to meet a new stranger turned friend, the insightful, thoughtful and very talented sound technician Paul. I’m still deep in production and with a pressing schedule, I’ll get right to the point
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 309: “Can You Get Me On The Sons Of Anarchy?"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-309-can-you-get-me-on-the-sons-of-anarchy/) - He proudly appoints himself Pigface, a title that exemplifies his bold, entertainingly spontaneous and captivatingly aggressive demeanor. Within seconds of knowing my new Harley riding friend, I know he is a man who holds no punches; and in what he expresses, he mixes no words in calling it as he sees it. I ask him
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 308: "May We All Be Healed"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-308-may-we-all-be-healed/) - Open, honest and informed, three principles that have become grounding benchmarks to the messages shared during our 365 meetings. And with so many interviewed thus far, I’m sure we have read entries that strike to the core of our beliefs, as well as experienced emotions of confusion or rejection to the words of some. Feelings
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 307: “Do We Choose To Listen?”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-307-do-we-choose-to-listen/) - On day 124, we met Fernando and spoke about an invisible border that separates two distinctly different neighborhoods. Thirty feet of auto traveled asphalt that I defined as the Farralone line, a black-topped river that parts two cultures, each with their own dynamic ways of daily living. My side being communicatively isolated within its walls
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 306: "Our Problems Are Not The Mayan Calendar"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-306-our-problems-are-not-the-mayan-calendar-2/) - “I don’t want to depress you...” Jerry responds to my inviting his comment to 365... “My words might not be that popular.” “You can say whatever you like Jerry...” I assure “...what is important is that you express your opinion. That is what my 365 project is all about; letting people know how other people
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 305: "The Lighter The Luggage... The Bigger The Smile"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-305-the-lighter-the-luggage-the-bigger-the-smile-2/) - “The lighter the luggage... the bigger the smile. Sometimes we don’t even know what the baggage is. Life most often tells us what it is, and we need to eliminate it... whatever it is,” Advises Christina. The least worries, or the least baggage, that we carry with us, in many aspects, starting with the material
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 304: "The Great Wall Of Topanga"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-304-the-great-wall-of-topanga-2/) - In inadvertently meet California royalty today. The kind leader who seeks not applauds of the general populace or the ratifying vote of the house floor, but the kind of man who promotes self-control and unity through actions. A claim that he does not speak of in any boastful way, or arrogantly scream from the rooftops
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 303: "We Can Live In Peace"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-303-we-can-live-in-peace-2/) - Okay... this is starting to get ridiculous. Summer is here and with beads of sweat dripping down my forehead, I am doing my best to fight my dry mouth’s desire to guide me away from my enthusiasm in meeting a friend today. For over an hour I have walked mostly empty streets, and with the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 302: “We Are Like Children Now Days”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-302-we-are-like-children-now-days-2/) - Young Drake steps to the stage, “Most things that happen in society, and to us, are no big deal; and we always blow things out of proportion. If we just looked over a situation and not react, there would be a lot more peace than violence. We are like children now days.” Young and pure
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 301: “Live Life To The Fullest”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-301-live-life-to-the-fullest-2/) - Tanner is cut, and bold in his conviction. The kind of guy that looks at home in a gym, the hub of self-absorbed culture and petri dish for assumed vanity. A place where three times a week I teach spinning. Lucky for me, that the beliefs of the majority of my class are that of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 300: "Shall None Of Us Fall Asleep"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-300-shall-none-of-us-fall-asleep-2/) - You know what. I’ve been a little wordy the last couple of days. And with the depth of what is shared with us today from our new friends Caitlin and Farra, I rescue you from a Radstone dissertation. There is only one point I will soapbox today. My broken record statement, say hello. Not hard
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 299: “Be A Little Bit Nicer”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-299-be-a-little-bit-nicer-2/) - Last night I barely slept, constantly being awakened by post Fourth of July explosions. Explosions that even prior to tonight have been detonated frequently over the last week. No... they are not playful firecrackers, they explode with window shaking thunder at the earliest hours of the morning... very disruptive, obviously illegal and incredibly disrespectful the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 298: Divina’s Call, “We’re All Alive”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-298-divinas-call-were-all-alive-2/) - “We don’t know what everyone else is dealing with. It just seems that so few people think of that. We’re all alive. It’s crazy... people are so rude and inconsiderate of other people. It makes me crazy... I don’t understand. Whatever you’re dealing with, you don’t have to project it on everybody else... it’s crazy.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 297: "His Epitaph - He Was A Good Guy!"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-297-his-epitaph-he-was-a-good-guy-2/) - “My advice to the world is for people to just to be real, don’t be fake about what you do in life... but have a mission...! Just be the best person that you can be...! Don’t try to imitate anybody! There’s no time for that!” And real is just what Andy is. The instant I
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 296: “If You Are Happy... You Can Also Make Others Happy”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/265-day-296-if-you-are-happy-you-can-also-make-others-happy-2/) - “Chin up and eyes open to the world,” something I say frequently to the many people whom I meet on the streets; and, words that I have not published for far too long. A philosophy that today brings me close to two new friends, husband and wife Suresh and Anita, who within only four blocks
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 295: “May It Be Amazing”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-295-may-it-be-amazing-2/) - It’s early Sunday morning and as expected, the sleeping in after Saturday night crowd has left the streets a bit thin of movement. And other than the coffee shop crowd and open houses of worship, people are sparse wherever I roam. So I decide to drive the rural areas in getting out of my regular
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Day 293: Home-To-Home Reach-Out Wraps Up](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-293-home-to-home-reach-out-wraps-up-2/) - Here are the last of the Home-To-Home Reach-Out submissions. Thanks to all who participated. It was a fun journey and in some way I hope we were able to get out of our own heads. I'll admit, I was hoping for an overflow of photos. But I am encouraged by all who contributed. And, again
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 292: "What If We Pay More Attention?"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-292-what-if-we-pay-more-attention-2/) - I'll not lie... from the beginning of 365 I promised you that I would do the best to describe my feelings in one way or the other. And I have to confess that I am feeling some extreme fatigue as I drive, stuck on a traffic jammed highway 101 in route to a production meeting
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Day 291 / "Home-To-Home Reach-Out" Counting Down](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-291-home-to-home-reach-out-counting-down-2/) - The Home-To-Home Reach-Out is still on. A couple more photos have arrived. I'm closing submissions tomorrow and am throwing one last invite to you. Like I said yesterday, what you have sent is a wonderful eye opener, and to all who have contributed I cheer a resounding THANK YOU. It would be amazing if we
- [SideWalk Ghosts /Day 290: Home-To-Home Reach-Out: Second Call](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-290-home-to-home-reach-out-second-call-2/) - The Home-To-Home Reach-Out deadline is still open, and here is a view of where we are at this point. Eighteen photos in so far, including the snap shot of my street. We have until this Wednesday, June 27 to add to the photo story. Most of what we have is from America. And, although I
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 289: “All Men Should Go Bald"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-289-all-men-should-go-bald-2/) - “All men should go bald... too many men fear what they don’t know. They will sit there... looking at themselves, doing their comb overs, trying to save their youth. But if at a younger age, they just stepped back, sheered it all off, and look at their heads that way, it would kind of get
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 288: “Relationships Will Never End”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-288-relationships-will-never-end-2/) - 5:58am, sitting next to a new friend.... as we wait for the 9:30am door opening of registration for the community centers summer arts classes that our kids will be attending. To give you a feel for the geography, to the left of me is the entry of the center and between it and I are
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 287: "Simple Solitary And Intelligent"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-287-simple-solitary-and-intelligence-2/) - Wherever I travelith... 365 travelith. And with my daughter in hand, tonight is no exception. It’s outdoor movie night at CSUN (California State University Northridge), and with it, our befriending way of life is simply part of our family ritual. One byproduct of 365 that I will always cherish is the positive influence it has
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 286: "Art Makes My Life Happy”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-286-art-makes-my-life-happy-2/) - My day has been rocked by kindness, power and trust in meeting today’s friend, engineer, businessman, husband, son, father and artist, Puzant. “’I’m Armenian, born in Syria. When I was young I wanted to be an artist after high school. I studied art in Venice, Italy, and one day my father wrote me a letter
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 285: "Ik Onkar (Gurmukhi)"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-285-ik-onkar-gurmukhi-2/) - On the Western front of the Famous Route 66 lies the California coastline. Route 66... 2448 miles of changing pavement and dirt, that since 1926 it has reigned strong as an iconic starting / stopping point (all depends on the direction of your travel) for a driving journey of grand proportion. And standing as a
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Day 284: "Home-To-Home Reach-Out" Still Open](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-284-home-to-home-reach-out-still-open-2/) - We're keeping the Home-To-Home Reach-Out open. A few photos in so far, we need more. Read Day 283 entry for details: Deadline for sending your pics is June 27, 2012. "We are all in this thing together"
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Day 283: "Home-To-Home Reach-Out"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-283-home-to-home-reach-out-2/) - It’s been a while since we’ve opened up for your submissions. This one is quick and simple. I’m calling it the “Home-To-Home” reach-out. Basically this, click a single snap shot of the street, lane, hallway, open field or whatever is within one hundred feet (about thirty meters) of your front door. It is up to
- [SideWalk Ghosts/ Interview 282: “Nice Hat!”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-282-nice-hat-2/) - The world is an awesome planet. I'm driving down the street and when arriving at a stop sign I notice the gentleman in the vehicle next to me is wearing a fedora that is much similar to the one I’m wearing. But even more appreciated is the warm greeting he gestures with the tip of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview  281: “A Burger That Introduced Me To A Brighter Light”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-281-a-burger-that-introduced-me-to-a-brighter-light-2/) - “I was getting famous, it was turning me into a product and I did not like it. That is when I went into finance,” Jerry accounts of his life. Over the last nine months hundreds of people have now graciously given of themselves in contributing to 365. All brave individuals who without reserve have allowed
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 280: "Through A Child's Eyes"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-280-through-a-childs-eyes-2/) - “I’ve been through a lot. I’m only twenty-three years old, but still... I’ve been through a lot... a lot of judgment, and a whole lot of that ridicule,” says father, caring boyfriend and young man of street earned wisdom, Latin. “Definitely do not judge a book by its cover. That one of my hugest pet
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 279: Baby Steps Will Get Us To The Top Of The Mountain”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-279-baby-steps-will-get-us-to-the-top-of-the-mountain-2/) - I'm literally driving down PCH and despite my fear of being ticketed for another $160 mobile device violation that the Highway Patrol so happily issue, I take the chance to dictate into a cool little iPad app that is tolerant to my voice. I do so because my heart is on fire from the meeting
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 278: "Just Give Without Expecting"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-278-just-give-without-expecting-2/) - “Success is the best revenge.” Says nurse Maribel, whom I meet this evening at a local blood drive.... a rather aggressive stance coming from a person who walks with sweetest of compassion and charm. Instantly, I have to question Maribel’s outlook. It just feels out of character coming from a person who is all about
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 277: “A More Conscious World”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-277-a-more-conscious-world-2/) - History repeats itself with a different result. You may or may not remember the Third Street Promenade experiment that I conducted several months ago, or as I have now nicknamed it, operation SMO (Santa Monica Hello). In it, I spent almost an hour reaching out with greetings to all that I passed before even one
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview  276: "Unleash The Power Within"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-276-unleash-the-power-within-2/) - It’s a perfect, California Beach day — and although we are driving down Highway 1, commonly known as PCH (Pacific Coast Highway), overlooking a very inviting beach, we are on our way to a job in the city. I’m acting as scribe for my husband, Richard, who is driving (lucky for us, reading or typing while
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 275: “A Giver Of Peace"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-275-a-giver-of-peace-2/) - "Try to take pleasure in at least one thing during the day; and appreciate the little things in life. "If you have things that you want to do, make a list; my goals for this week... the next week... a month... a year... three years... and look back on them. You always think, oh yeah!
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 274: "Family First And Romantic Notions"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-274-family-first-and-romantic-notions-2/) - My family awaits me today, and in all fairness, to jump into a one hour writing session would be a self-indulgent use of the small window of time I find myself privately encapsulated in. And the fact that this is the anniversary day of my marriage, I feel it a tad insensitive to look away
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 273: “What About The Lemonade Stand?”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-273-what-about-the-lemonade-stand-2/) - It’s movie night under the stars at California State University, Northridge and I’m here with close family friend Kris (not pictured). I’ve known Kris for many years, and with her being a lifetime friend of my wife, to hang out with her is like spending time with a family member. Plus, she is one of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 272 – Part Two: "Picking Up The Cyclist's Pickle"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-272-part-two-picking-up-the-cyclists-pickle-2/) - I’m still in the middle of the pre-production storm in readying for a short film that I am producing and directing. No promoting here, just letting you know that my priorities are still deep in 365. So now with my pickled scented keyboard under familiar hand, I must give thank to my wife, Terri, for
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 272: Breaking Away... from Pickles](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-272-breaking-away-from-pickles-2/) - Today Richard and our daughter have been out most of the day, along with a trusted colleague, doing some location scouting for an upcoming project. Whatever he is doing, wherever it takes him, he always takes along his photo gear and keeps his eyes open for new 365 friends. Today is day 272 and Richard's
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview  271: “More People Need To Understand”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-271-more-people-need-to-understand-2/) - I’m still trying to run into a corporate friend. So today I take a stroll through the glass jungle of executive buildings, committing myself to interview the first person who I can engage with. Up the street, are two girls singing, and although obviously not the corporate type, something about them draws me in. We
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 270: "It's Like A Sidewalk Living Room"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-270-its-like-a-sidewalk-living-room-2/) - Gina stands alone by the side of her minivan. A friendly faced person whose welcoming demeanor is hard to dismiss. It takes about a second for us to meet eye to eye through my 365 introduction. “Live just for today... Stay in the now... Because now is what matters.” Gina shares in expressing her words
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 269: "A Sane Man"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-269-a-sane-man-2/) - Last night we all me Senita, an amazing person with a wonderful spirit, a woman who possesses the courage and power to influence change. We met her at a coffee-house on the corner of Wilshire and Detroit, a trendy little area that we locals refer to as the Miracle Mile District. We finished or chat
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 268: "Senita's Dream"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-268-senitas-dream-2/) - “It’s about education, about understanding the worldly cultures that are out there. The world is so small and we are not educated enough.” Now a day there is no reason to say that you are ignorant, you do not know what is going on or can’t get a different side of the information. The information
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 267: "Walk The Extra Mile"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-267-walk-the-extra-mile-2/) - Hollywood: Land of captured dreams and broken souls; the city where fame and fortune is to be found, and a metropolis with an innate capacity to crush the grandest of hopes. We see it every day in the tabloids, on the entertainment programs and in the very hearts of all who walk away from the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 266: "The Dude Can Drum!"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-266-the-dude-can-drum-2/) - He goes by the name of D-Rock. And if you guessed a stage name, you are correct. His story is heard of often. We had a band and went to Los Angeles to seek fame and fortune. A claim that many have made and many have only dreamed of. For D-Rock... it is a reality.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 265: "Cut Me... Cut You... The Same Blood Comes Out”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-265-cut-me-cut-you-the-same-blood-comes-out-2/) - “When I was a kid I was raised in a real wild scary environment – Germany during World War Two. And when the war was over, I was barely 11 years old. All I remember is that my dad went away and never came back. He got killed.” Yet with this tragic account, today’s neighbors...
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 264: "Must We Agree?"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-264-must-we-agree-2/) - “I was a pilot in world war two, I flew transport.” Retired engineer Walter reminisces as he describes one of his war memories. “When the war ended I transported surviving prisoners from the death march. When they were released they were very undernourished and ill. The first thing they did was to eat. And, from
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 263: "Undivided"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-263-undivided-2/) - I’ve stumbled upon yet another Starbucks think tank group, lovingly titled by charter member Bing, “The Old Takaka’s.” But Takaka’s they are not. I sit with them and chat for about an hour. All have great stories, wise advice and more combined enthusiasm than that of a collegiate fraternity. Among them is peer of similar
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 262: “An Example To Us All”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-262-an-example-to-us-all-2/) - Now I’ve lived in my neighborhood for quite some years, and often, as I walk the streets only houses away from my own residence, I walk past the face of a man who day in and day out parks his truck in arriving home. His eyes are accepting and his countenance is kind. Many times
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 261: "Do What We Preach"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-261-do-what-we-preach-2/) - Susan Looks at the world, “If everyone had more of an understanding of other people. And not just trying to thrash them on their beliefs, but just understanding that we are different; and if they accepted those differences, we would all get along so much better.” I meet Susan on a bike outing with my
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 260: “Go With Your Own Heart"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-260-go-with-your-own-heart-2/) - “Go with your own heart, go with your own soul. Trust people... people are good. All over the planet people are the same, but government is trying to keep us apart... Don’t trust the government.” A great “We the people,” perspective, delivered to us today by new friend, comedian and entertainer, Pijman. I run into
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 259: "Letting Go Of The Illusions"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-259-letting-go-of-the-illusions-2/) - I’ve succumbed to the land of retail. Yep, I’ve left behind my aversion of the shopping center. And, although it still radiates in my mind as one of America’s cultural downfalls, as well as the kingdom of big business enterprise, I have to humble up in also acknowledging that... if entering its boarders with a
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 258: "The Jungle Of Glass"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-258-the-jungle-of-glass-2/) - Last night was a terrible night of sleep, when at 2:00am my daughter gets up and says, “Daddy... there is someone in the backyard! Can you call the police? I want to go to a hotel to sleep.” “Hotel...” I groggily question, “Why a hotel?” Got to love the imagination of childhood, “It’s safe there,”
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 257: “Would You Change The World Or Yourself?”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-257-would-you-change-the-world-or-yourself-2/) - The table turns on me this afternoon when I find myself the interviewee. An occurrence that catches me completely off guard in exposing me to a glimpse of the emotions that must be felt by those I approach. And the greatest of these emotions are two: Empathy and curiosity. Empathy because I know how hard
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 256: Hey I’m Just A Teenager... I Don’t Know Everything"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-256-hey-im-just-a-teenager-i-dont-know-everything-2/) - I get into a sidewalk discussion with a couple of unknown neighbors. Denise (not pictured) digs the 365 project, “You should interview my sixteen year old son, he always has something to say.” Five minutes later, I’m standing at the door meeting her the young and brilliantly outspoken Daniel. I’ve often said, “The future is
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 255: ‘The City Of Neighbors”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-255-the-city-of-neighbors-2/) - I had no idea that today is a solar eclipse, and it’s crazy that I did not know about it. It’s not that I’ve been a slacker or overly focused on self or materialistic things. And I promise you that I’ll not publicly beat myself up or launch into an overly emotional or self-analytical throw
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 254: “People Need To Lighten Up”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-254-people-need-to-lighten-up-2/) - I’ll be completely transparent in letting you know that I am still recovering on my sleep and family commitments from the two long days of effort that our word challenge of Thursday required. Yet needless to say, and even though I’m prioritizing family time today, I do so with the accompaniment of my 365 camera
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 253: "Wear Your Mukluks"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-253-wear-your-mukluks-2/) - Only blocks from my house I run into Joe as he crouches under a car, repairing it radiator. He is on a side street... looks intimidating... and leaves question as to if is friend of foe. I approach him, grab a curb seat beside him, and we embark on a most pleasant perspective. I quote
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 252: "The Words Of The Sixty"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-252-the-words-of-the-sixty-2/) - Three days ago you met artist Mardy, "It's Scary, It's Uncomfortable, But It Keeps Me Alive." It that discussion we talked about the Canoga Park Art Walk. The next day I said hello to my new neighbor, Rachel, who stirred us to have a conversation on the idiom of water seeking it’s own level, as
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 251: "Let The Talks Begin"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-251-let-the-talks-begin-2/) - Three digits of summer weather drive my daughter and I into an indoor shopping center for a bit of cool air and frosty beverage. And fearing the spirit of mall commerce, plus my kids need for more stuff, I wander no deeper than the entryway in guard of retail hades. We decide to leave, and
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 250: “Water Seeks It’s Own Level”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-250-water-seeks-its-own-level-2/) - “The problem with people today… Things were created to be used… and people were created to be loved. And, we are loving things and using people. The biggest thing the planet is missing is respect,” Todays new neighbor turned Rachel speaks out. Rachel is relatively new to California. Who, along with her significant guy and
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 249: "It’s Scary, It’s Uncomfortable, But It Keeps Me Alive!”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-249-its-scary-its-uncomfortable-but-it-keeps-me-alive-2/) - “Never give up on your dreams and passions,” Mardy tells us as I speak with him while he paints a window. “I know that’s a little cliché, can I elaborate?” he asks. “Please do, we’d love to hear more,” and we’re off. “It’s all about honesty…” Mardy starts, “’…. It is the best policy in
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 248: “Tomorrow Is Not Promised To Any Of Us”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-248-tomorrow-is-not-promised-to-any-of-us-2/) - I’m a little soft-hearted at the moment. Thoughts of my daughter race through my mind as I write the entry. I ask that you be patient in your reading, soon I will reveal the reasoning for the soft emotions I am feeling as I type. Emotions that reeling after leaving a doctor’s appointment in which
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 247: "The Student of Paz (Peace)”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-247-the-student-of-paz-peace-2/) - “'You can interview me but I want to remain anonymous, just call me ‘The Student of Paz (peace).’” And in respect to my new found friend, we’ll honor his wishes in calling him “The Student” from here on. Outside Casey’s Tavern we meet and united we stand for thirty-minutes of meaningful conversation. Until tonight, The
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 246: “Keep Up The Good Fight”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-246-keep-up-the-good-fight-2/) - I’m proud today, not puffed up in any accomplishment of my own, but in that of my nephew Aaron (not pictured), USC graduate with a Master's Degree in Architecture. It a big accomplishment and accompanied by many departmental awards he has finished as one of the top in his class. Post the ceremony we are
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 245: "The Patio Rats Convene"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-245-the-patio-rats-convene-2/) - “Please don’t make me think about the future…!” long pause “…bottom line, the people are too complacent and I just want them to wake up!” Chimes Tasha, spokesperson for the self-titled “Patio Rats” in their nightly gather at, yes, I’m here again, Starbucks. My philosophy this evening: “Sit down, shut up and listen.” And with
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 244: “Be A Giver… Don’t Be A Taker.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-244-be-a-giver-dont-be-a-taker-2/) - It’s a hot, still aired and brightly sunny as I seek refuge, perching myself on a set of shaded bleachers that overlook a field where my heat-loving daughter is blissfully enjoying her soccer practice. Shakes my memory back to my Las Vegas days of youth, and of my baseball practices in similar weather. I have
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 243: "The Fourth Castle"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-243-the-fourth-castle/) - The scene: King Arthur and his nights have approached the French castle, and upon the Arthur’s claiming of the castle, the French guards react. Standing upon the top fortress’s wall and with broken French accent, they proclaim, “I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 242: "The Boarders Are Just Lines On A Map"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-242-the-boarders-are-just-lines-on-a-map/) - I arrive to teach my 8:30am spin class early this morning. 7:00am to be exact. And, despite the parking lots absence of cars, other than those parked by the gym and coffee-house crowd, the area is sparse of people. But, with ninety-minutes of free time at hand, it would be a complete waste to just
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 241: Cowboy Bob](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-141-cowboy-bob/) - Late last night I receive a phone message, recorded at 10:47: “Yeah… I believe I’ve got the right number… this is Cowboy Bob… a friend of your 365… and you can call me back at this number, 000-000-0000… and I should be somewhere up near Platt all morning… I’d like to meet up with him
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 240: "Where Is The Tenderness"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-240-where-is-the-tenderness/) - “People are getting crammed closer and closer together, you start to realize that people are more dependent on people. I don’t know if they will realize that soon enough,” answers street performer Lou, a native Californian, regarding his observations of people. It’s 9pm and the sidewalk is just starting to get busy with weekend traffic.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 239: “Experience The Moment… Not Document It”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-239-experience-the-moment-not-document-it/) - Other than several teams of men playing soccer, and even though the park grounds are filled with the sweet breeze of early summer air, the grounds are mostly clearing. On the horizon is a young couple, who from a distance, seem to be enjoying a sunset picnic. It’s been an incredibly long week, and that,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 238: “Two Choices"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-238-two-choices/) - In life we have two choices: “What is the most important thing to have?” “What is the most important thing to lose?” Questions that Ronnie leans on in navigating his life decisions. “I came to the United States in 1978 when the revolution started in Iran and as I was accepted to college,” Ronnie introduces
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 237: “Do What Is Right Rather Than What Is Expected”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-237-do-what-is-right-rather-than-what-is-expected/) - In a small park far away from persecution, in a community unaffected by hunger and thirst, and with a group of families who in most respects have led a life not in need of the basic necessities, is found a spring of compassion. A fountain of humanity that pours forth via no means of engineering
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 236: "The Perfect Storm"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-236-the-perfect-storm/) - Two days ago we met veteran of the streets, Pappy. What I did not let you in on was the fact that we were not alone. With us was John, not homeless, but on the fringe of living on the streets. Today, I catch up with John and have the privilege to tell a little
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 235: “We’re Mad As Hell… And We’re Not Going To Take It Anymore!"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-235-were-mad-as-hell-and-were-not-going-to-take-it-anymore/) - What I’m loving about 365 is the open forum it is becoming. And with it, my wish for all who are traveling with us on this journey of friendshipping is that we are all-absorbing the unique perspectives from so many individual people. All people, who in one-way or another are mostly living under the radar
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 234: Pappy](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-234-pappy/) - “I used to have no remorse for anybody. I’d do anything, anytime… and with no questions… They called me suicide. I’m not that person anymore,” Pappy introduces himself to me as he exposes the reason for his change of life, “You have to faith in god.” An x-rider from a serious bike gang, Pappy openly
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 233: “Life Is Too Short To Be An ***hole”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-233-life-is-too-short-to-be-an-hole/) - I'm going to make today entry quick and simple, it's my wife's birthday and after 232 days of co-marriage to 365, I feel it only fair to be as brief as I can in my writing today. Yet to be too brief would also be unfair to my new friend Casey, whom I meet during
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 232: “A Guide To All That Is Good”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-232-a-guide-to-all-that-is-good/) - Every year there is an American tradition that has happened since the dawn of modern education… That tradition: The High School Prom. A night where young men rehearse they’re gentlemanly conduct (they better) as young ladies are escorted to a fairy tail evening (we pray) in their practice of social graces. And behind every elegantly
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 231: No Drink, No Drugs, No Violence](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-231-no-drink-no-drugs-no-violence/) - I’ve never told you about my Las Vegas days. Born in the UK, raised in Vegas. Sort of makes me a civilized, and mostly retired, creature of the night. For many years I had a thriving studio in “Sin City (BTW: I prefer it’s greater title of “The Entertainment Capitol of the World”).” And from
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 230: "It's All About Us"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-230-its-all-about-us/) - Rafael quotes Anne Rice, “While you are here nothing matters except to love and to learn.” “Life has its ups and downs…” Rafael references as part of his outlook on life, “… I’m curious, it gets me into trouble sometimes, but it’s been a lot of fun. As long as we are doing something we
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 229: It's All About Balance](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-229-its-all-about-balance/) - It’s not often that one of our new friends takes the time to promptly email us their words. And, today is just one of the instances. With that, it would be completely wrong for me to edit or rewrite in any way. So without further delay, the written words of today’s stranger turned friend John.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 228: "Laugh, Think and Cry”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-228-laugh-think-and-cry/) - She says as she walks by me with a dismissive and antagonistic look, as if I am non-human and transparent, “Your a photographer… that’s nice.” And this is only the front end of a barrage of knee buckling and similarly harsh rejections. Then there’s the guy on the bike, “A photographer! Hah! I'm sorry! The
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 227: "We Survived And It Was A Great Time”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-237-we-survived-and-it-was-a-great-time/) - “I’m talking to you because you spoke to me.” TJ greets me with a welcoming presence. I speak often of walking the world with chin up and eyes open to the people around us. And today, the table refreshingly turns, where in a project in which nine times out of ten I am first to
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 226: “That Someday Is Now”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-236-that-someday-is-now/) - If you read yesterday’s entry, you know where I am today. If not, here is a brief review. It’s Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday and I am in Poway California at the over fifty-five apartments in which my Mum resides. Think of Mum as a busy British bee, and me, basically the token male, helping to
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 225: “Love Is A Powerful Thing… It Makes The World Go Round.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-235-love-is-a-powerful-thing-it-makes-the-world-go-round/) - The tea party is tomorrow. Not a reenactment of the Boston occurrence that led to the eventual separation of the America from its tax burdening British hierarchy, but a simple little afternoon luncheon that my Queen’s-English speaking Mum is conduction tomorrow at her San Diego residential complex, honoring Queen Elizabeth’s II sixtieth year on the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 224: No Skeletons Allowed](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-224-no-skeletons-allowed/) - Call me a road stalker; a title that I will, accompanied by my 365 cohort of the day, Dan, who with me, honors the road stalking pride. And in that spirit of camaraderie, I bear it a pleasure to have a back up creepy dude along side for this evenings car encapsulated reach out. The
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 223: “A Simple Kind Future”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-223-a-simple-kind-future/) - Another Santa Monica shoot day in the can and the thought of stopping to again wander the coastal streets feels a little expected. The sun has dropped, my eyes are drooping, and even with the car-pooling companionship of production assistant J.C, my communication tool set is starting to shut down after a full day of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 222: “Make It Today!”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-222-make-it-today/) - “My wife and I just want to help people. We are all capable of amazing things if we stop judging and lashing out and learn to trust each other.” A killer quote from a very interesting and word frenzied artist, Charles, friend of day 222. “I was born in 1980 and other than being a
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 221: “Without A Doubt!”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-221-without-a-doubt/) - “Appreciate all that we have because we never know what is going to happen tomorrow.” – Stranger turned Friend, News Broadcast Producer, Susana. As affirmative as an appreciation can be, and to be perfectly blunt, I will be the first to confess that at some of the darkest times of my life, appreciation was the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 220: “I Don’t Walk Around Worrying, I’m Just Concerned”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-220-i-dont-walk-around-worrying-im-just-concerned/) - Here we go with today’s 365 entry, journal style. Hanging out at the park with today’s stranger turned new friend MC, whom I run into while sharing in the fathers ritual of, “my kids are playing on the jungle gym, time to chill for a minute.” With one eye guarding his playing child and the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 219: “We Have To… Or Everything Will Be Gone”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-219-we-have-to-or-everything-will-be-gone/) - “When I was a kid people where concerned about the oceans and natural resources. We were taught about nature, the importance of the animals on the earth and how we needed to be careful to not allow any species to become extinct.” At forty years young, basketball player and hobbyist on-line sneaker seller Chris is
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 218: “We Need To Show More Open Hand Than The Fist”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-218-we-need-to-show-more-open-hand-than-the-fist-2/) - “Look at people for who they are inside, and respect everyone. Not for what they look like on the outside…and don’t judge by clothing, job or looks.” The day is ending, and even though the weather is screaming of an on-coming rainstorm. I’ve been in Culver City all day, casting for a project we are
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 217: Give It Up For The Michael Olivieri Band!](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-217-give-it-up-for-the-michael-olivieri-band/) - I’ll call no shame in stopping at Starbuck’s again. But tonight the tone of the establishment turns dismissive when one of the employees exits as I am photographing my group of friends this evening. “You can’t take pictures on our property,” we are told. No big deal. Five feet to the left of us is
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 216: “It’s OK To Be Bored Every Once In A While"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-216-its-ok-to-be-bored-every-once-in-a-while/) - “It’s OK to be bored every once in a while. For some people… being bored is a sin, but if you look at it as a space where you can shut down stimulus so your mind can work… it’s really a place where you can come up with fresh ideas. Boredom is not pleasant… there
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 215: “The Gate That Leads To Life”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-215-the-gate-that-leads-to-life/) - It’s been another nomadic night of auto travel. Twenty-miles up Ventura Blvd. Several stops and double digits of rejections are behind me. 9pm is approaching and hampered by the pending onset of rain from a blackening sky, the streets are clearing. To continue in my in car-stalking of the area is transforming my presence to
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 214: “Equation Of Change”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-214-equation-of-change/) - “’Let me give you an analogy from the documentary. ‘See the world as one big house, and each country, or city, is just another room in the house.’” —Bruce “Bikes are people too,” at least that is my belief. I figure if we talk to our plants, cars and lucky charms, it is fair game
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 213: "It Will Make You A Stronger Person"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-213-it-will-make-you-a-stronger-person-2/) - I spent a bunch of time trying to be witty, insightful and entertaining in my writing today. Draft after draft I’ve written, and the more I try to weave my thoughts into the words of today’s friend, Michelle, the more I even bore myself. Draft four has just hit the circular file, and in tossing
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 212: “We Live In It… And We Are It”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-212-we-live-in-it-and-we-are-it/) - 9:00pm, hanging out at game night with my daughter during our monthly restaurant gathering of schooling friends and family. I sit for a while at the man cave (the table in the corner where several of us fathers gather to shoot the breeze while our kids blow off steam). It’s a community in itself, a
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 211: "Family values…We Need To Get Back To That”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-211-family-valueswe-need-to-get-back-to-that/) - “Everything is about an open mind and heart. As long as we understand that everyone has their own truths, and that we don’t need to change them. What we do need to do is respect them and acknowledge that everyone is uniquely different. Out differences are a good thing.” – Luis: Dentist, Photographer, and Stranger
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 210: "It's Unconditional"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-210-its-unconditional/) - The 365 Questions: 1) If you could give the world any council, advice or wisdom, what would you say? 2) Thinking forward towards the future; say one, ten, twenty, even fifty to one hundred years and beyond. Where do you predict we will be, or how should we be adjusting for what is to come?
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 209: “No Work Is Lost”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-209-no-work-is-lost/) - “No work is lost,” Carol simply states. Great words told to us today from an articulate orator, new friend, actor and parent. In bridging to an understanding to our meeting we must allow our imaginations to return to The Renaissance, a time that supported by the invention of printing sped the dissemination of ideas from
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 208: “We Need to Be Brave”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-208-we-need-to-be-brave/) - “You caught me a little off guard,” I am told in approaching today's friend, “Hat,” who in respect for privacy of her family has requested that I keep her identity unknown. And in offbeat way, Hat is not talking about being uncomfortable by my approaching her, but rather, due to what I can identify as
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 207: “Opening the Gateway”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-207-opening-the-gateway/) - “Dance is the hidden language of the soul” – Martha Graham “For thirty-two years I worked in law enforcement with the LAPD, I never thought I would be a dancer. Then after forty years of marriage, my wife died. It left a tremendous void in my life. We did everything together. My grief was deep
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 206: "I Want A Chevelle"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-206-i-want-a-chevelle/) - “It’s getting too easy for kids,” Cassidy exposes when talking of new technology. Quite a contrast when compared to where I meet her…. at the same cyber café of my friend finding day 186. Remember the anonymous friends who were watching the back of their young clan member. Well young clan member is Cassidy, and
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 205: “I Serve Pie”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-205-i-serve-pie/) - “I grew up in a small rural community in Philadelphia, we were poor, and every year when the state fair was running, my mom entered pies in the baking competitions. That way we could afford to go to the fair because they waived the entry fee for anyone who enters events. We could not afford
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 204: "Pay Attention"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-204-pay-attention/) - I’m in the eye of a humanity storm, partially pushed by the requests of my friends to visit where I find myself this afternoon, and more realistically as a result of a business meeting that I just concluded at an office directly across from Mann’s Chinese Theatre. That’s correct… I’m on Hollywood boulevard, lane of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 203: "We Fix Furniture?"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-203-we-fix-furniture/) - Up Sherman Way I hike, another from my doorstep to friend day. And after my running out of auto fuel yesterday, it is a fresh relief to be safe commuting upon water-powered footsteps. I’ve heard many times, and from many people, that Los Angeles is an isolated city. Not like New York, London, Tokyo or
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview  202: The Rock Of Compassion](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-202-the-rock-of-compassion/) - Meditation is in the air. Something that becomes frighteningly real to me as I feel my vehicle puttering its last sips of octane from a bone dry and suffering fuel tank. “No! It can’t be!” I break my Pacific Ocean ogling mind of its relaxed numbness during my end of day commute on Highway One.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 201: It's "A Feeling" and "A Knowing"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-201-its-a-feeling-and-a-knowing/) - The magazine stand guy, not wanting anything to do with me, painfully dismisses me; the man at the dry cleaners, although very friendly and wanting me to give him my hat, converses with me, yet in the end escapes meeting us with an, “I’m too shy” No problem, and by rough counts, I’m fairly sure
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 200: Relax – It’s Gonna Work Out](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-200-relax-its-gonna-work-out/) - Richard has been glued to his chair for days, retouching images from some recent projects — remove all that is unwanted, enhance what is there and “keep it natural.” I have to laugh about it sometimes; our world is obsessed with perfection, even at the expense of reality. However, to give equal voice to the art
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 199: "Gold... Pure Gold"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-199-gold-pure-gold/) - “It's like a near death experience on a daily basis… It's comedy...! Pure comedy!” An expression that has captured my ear in speaking with two alumni’s of where I studied, both of whom prefer to remain anonymous. I run into them as I return rented equipment to an unspecified renal house. It’s Sunday, its cold,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 198: It’s More Fun To Build Stuff!](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-198-its-more-fun-to-build-stuff/) - I just received an extremely humbling comment from one of my readers, Lisa, a fine blogger in her own right, "I love reading these and seeing the photographs of people. Each one is an inspiration in some way." And per her inspirational note, I must give applause to the many who have allowed me to
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 197: “Your Never Too Old To Learn Or Too Young To Teach.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-197-your-never-too-old-to-learn-or-too-young-to-teach/) - “Can I quote someone else?” Sherry queries. “I have no rules, all the matters is we are no longer strangers, and it is good to meet you,” I reply. Sherry is a little more than a stranger; she is a neighbor who lives about ten houses down the street from my where I live. Per
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 196: Could This Be A Banner Moment!](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-196-could-this-be-a-banner-moment/) - At almost 200 days of circulating, I’m beginning to see a noticeable difference in my community. But before I explain what that difference is, let me tell you a little more about where I live. For reference you can picture the Radstone lifestyle as somewhat loose and flowing mixed with the traditional regiment of daily
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 195: Yoda Lives](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-195-yoda-lives/) - Jokingly he says, “I’m like Yoda, aren’t I?” But in his jest there is an air of truth. Like a good friend of mine says, “The truth is in the joke.” It’s been a full day, and one that has pushed me to miss my time stamp in posting my entry today. I can’t believe
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 194: “Thanks Mom, We Heard It... And It Went In.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-194-thanks-mom-we-heard-it-and-it-went-in-2/) - It’s around 10:00am, I have just come from teaching my spinning class, and with a client meeting planned for 1:00pm and not wanting to waste time commuting to my home office, I find it prudent to grab a seat at the corner coffee / WiFi house to write while catching up with business emails. With
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 193: Insanity Defined](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-193-insanity-defined/) - Only five minutes ago I was at the bird shop down the street. Being the proud owner of a Parrotlet (think miniature parrot), my wife and I frequent the store in purchasing its feed. We strike up a conversation with the owner, and even though taking the pass card on being formally interviewed or photographed,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Challenge: "Where Do We Live" Reach Out And A Few Photos From Your Friends"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-challenge-where-do-we-live-reach-out-and-a-few-photos-from-your-friends/) - We want to learn more about your world? Remember a couple of months ago when I announced the "Where Do We Live" reach out. Our goal is submit at least 25 to 50 submissions, and so far I’ve only received 6. I think that maybe my announcement of it got lost between friend stories, so
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 192: "I’ve Got Zucchini To Plant"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-192-ive-got-zucchini-to-plant/) - Everywhere I look Saint Patrick’s Day green is in my eye-line. The auditorium is full of color and action. The diversity is vast and everyone from kids to grandparents participate in the merriment. Even my wife takes a run at the Velcro wall, and to credit her athletic skills, manages to stick strong to its
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 191: “People Should Picnic More”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-191-people-should-picnic-more/) - “What are you words of wisdom?” I ask Anna, my friend… no, may I say my savior this evening. Why savior? That is a grand title. Briefly, it is a rainy night; everyone is scurrying or beginning their end of week check out, and even with my dashing charm, J! I am rejected ten times
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 190: “All It Takes Is One Apology”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-190-all-it-takes-is-one-apology/) - I promised myself that today I’d interview the first person who verbally responds to me. I’ll call it the reverse magnet theory. Off to find myself a busy corridor I go, once again the Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, where I put on my smile face and hit the trails. Chin up and eyes open
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 189: The Future Of Genius](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-189-the-future-of-genius/) - “Don’t take life too seriously... just freak out... dance... and sing...” ...and, do what you want before you become what you are told." —Heather We have to learn to shake off society. There are always going to be battles, the world is just that way. But it will always give some as you loose some.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 188: "Think Before You Act"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-188-think-before-you-act/) - Door to door sales is a tough business, and I’ll be the first to confess that every time the bell sounds an unannounced chime, my heart rate rises a beat or two. Especially when I am deeply engrossed in a task or enjoying hard to find personal time. So today when at the worst possible
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 187: Food Halts The Time Storm](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-187-food-halts-the-time-storm/) - Monday’s are nuts sometimes, I wake up at 5:00am with all intentions of completing the list of to-do’s carried over from Friday. And boy has it been an accelerated day. Don’t read me wrong; this is not a complaint, just an observation and my motivation to conduct a late day priority check with it being
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview186: "Everyone Should Be Dancing"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-186-everyone-should-be-dancing/) - The last place on earth you will find me is hanging out at a cyber café. The mere thought of vicarious activity in a room full of dissociated people is just a bit too disengaged for me. Sure, technology is here to stay, and even I am happily embracing its reach and ability to throw
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 185: The Words Of The Twenty](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-185-the-words-of-the-twenty/) - Deep breath… We’ve made it to the half way point of 365. It’s been an exquisite adventure, one that has allowed us, for over six months to meet a marvelously diverse group of strangers. Strangers who are now friends in one way or the other. We have heard from close to two hundred individuals, in
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 183: The Barber of Men](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-183-the-barber-of-men/) - 7:00pm Friday night, the streets are full of people enjoying an endless choice of catering trucks, a typical end of week in Granada Hills, with the gathering of the best of the best mobile eateries. I’ve been here several times and every time I attend, enjoy the great food and company in meeting a stranger
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 182: The Oracle Of Cloud 9](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-182-the-oracle-of-cloud-9/) - For some reason, as I write of today’s friend, I can’t purge the reference of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson’s (pseudonym Lewis Carroll) classic novel, Alice In Wonderland. I’m sure you know the story, and as I reflect on how to acquaint you with my new friend, one character keeps appearing in my mind, that of the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 181: “Ma Num A Na!”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-181-ma-num-a-na/) - What do the Muppets and Haman of the Old Testament have in common…? Answer… The Jewish holiday Purim. “How can that be, I’ve read The Book of Esther, and there a not puppets written of.” Well leave it to the minds of two very creative Rabbi’s, an enthusiastic congregation and the talents of puppeteer Renee
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 180: "Don't Shop - Adopt"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-180-dont-shop-adopt/) - A building side reading “Home of Pet Adoption Fund,” grabs my eyes as I drive an industrial area in-route to Home Depot to pick up cleaning solution for the urine my dogs have graced my home carpets with. Got to love them, it’s their house too, right? And with pets on my mind, stopping to
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 179: Listen and Not Look](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-179-listen-and-not-look/) - It is 8:00pm on a very chilly and foggy weeknight, the Promenade is buzzing with people of character and great diversity. From street performers to locals to tourists the boulevard is just beginning to energize in readying itself for the nights progression. And after 178 days of wandering for strangers I see it as a
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 178: The Village of Eclecticia](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-178-the-village-of-eclecticia/) - There is land in the center of the City of Angels and in it thrives a small tribe of the greatest diversity. There are but only three gates into its core and surrounding its inhabitants only a small wall protects it from the hustle of a rushing populous of over twelve million. In it exists
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 177: “Always… Get And Give Receipts”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-177-always-get-and-give-receipts/) - Who says apartment living cannot be communal? And if there are any apartment living rules that demand this, then Don, the man behind Das Bauhaus, is breaking all the regulations. First off, those who reside in one of the twenty-four units of Das Bauhaus are called guests. Guests, not tenants, not renters or not even
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 176: "Green Lantern Colors" meets "Zombie Gore"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-176-green-lantern-colors-meets-zombie-gore/) - I ask him for his council, “A random immortal movement requires something epic,” he replies in addressing the mission of 365.” An immortal movement requiring something epic? That is a large title for me to swallow, but I take it as a compliment from our friend of the hour, Gonzo, Chameleon and Film Maker, K.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 175: May We All Find Resolve](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-175-may-we-all-find-resolve/) - From a distance I see a man isolated on a bench beneath a tree, no one approaches him, or even resides near his proximity. At visual impression he is of great stature, and with his attention directed to literature in his hand, while engaged in a phone call, it leaves question as to his demeanor,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 174: Young Survivors](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-174-young-survivors-2/) - Two nights ago you were with me at Cloud 9 Hookah Lounge as we spent a short time with Karnnitha, a young woman with a true purpose in life. She shared with us her insights and desire to reach out in helping the women of the world, enlightening us to the troubles facing the many
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 173: "Quiet and Loving Greatness"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-173-quite-and-loving-greatness/) - “’My dad said you can do anything you want to do if you work hard enough. He was very strict and I always addressed him with ‘yes sir’ or ‘no sir.’ He was a workaholic. I did not understand it at the time, but now I do. He was teaching me.’” —Ramon “I’ll never view
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 172: There Is Greatness In All Of Us](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-172-there-is-greatness-in-all-of-us/) - After last night’s quarter tank of fuel waste, I decide to walk my own backyard neighborhood, and to again give my friends at Cloud 9 Hookah Lounge a visit. In the door I go and it’s instantly like a reunion, as I talk to Justin, “To Walk With Them As The Same.” We catch up
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 171: “Do As You Believe.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-171-do-as-you-believe/) - “171 days at sea and still no sight of land,” the first mate says as the ship nears its last provisions. And even though the crew’s morale is low, the favoring currents and prevailing winds push the vessel on. Hope is, soon land will appear. “Hey Richard, you are not a screenwriter, why the theatrics?”
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 170: "Anarchy Scares Me"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-170-anarchy-scares-me/) - Let us keep moving forward in our effort to unite as a people. Day 170 has hit us and 365 is moving so fast. I can’t believe that in less than two weeks we will be at the halfway point. Not sure how we are going to celebrate this mid-point mark. If anyone has a
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 169: "Pay It Forward"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-169-pay-it-forward/) - Pet lovers of the world unite in saying hello to Captain Morgan, the leader of today’s 365 brigade. My daughter and I come across he and his human life guides, Diane and John, as we are enjoying an afternoon bike ride. I know, another tribute to the weather of California, February and it feels like
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 168: Beyond The Bicep Curl](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-168-beyond-the-bicep-curl/) - Being a right/left brain conflicted person, I have learned to live a life dedicated to exploration. And as a byproduct, have grown to respect the life expanding gifts of our intellectual and spiritual selves, a possible a motivator to my career path and my absolute intrigue with humanity. Biologically, we are made up of similar
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 167: A Physical Web](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-167-a-physical-web/) - Many say it is a small world, and with the advancement of streaming technology and the instant chatting readily offered to us in the online social realms, our world is getting even smaller. And as we have explored throughout our 365 chronicles, the digital age has connected, and that is not necessarily a bad thing.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 166: "I Want To Bang On The Drum All Day"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-166-i-want-to-bang-on-the-drum-all-day/) - The volume is deafening, but there is no pain of hearing. Pulsating rhythm pounds the atmosphere and the energy of the scene is infectious. Gathered is an eclectic community of CEO’s, artists, blue-collar, white-collar, doctors, parents, teens, kids, sick, poor, healthy, rich, disabled, lost and found. All engaged in one united purpose, to escape their
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 165: "That Rose There"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-165-that-rose-there/) - “Hello” – quite a basic word and one that has been the genesis to countless amazing conversations I’ve had throughout the life of 365. It’s a salutation, as low-key as it is, that has propelled us to amazing interactions with the world during the last four months. And I take this as an acknowledgement in
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 164: “If You Can’t Be Excellent, Be The Best You Can”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-164-if-you-cant-be-excellent-be-the-best-you-can/) - “We support our troops,” a banner that points my attention to a group of men displaying and waving a tribute of flags as I drive past the corner of Topanga Canyon and Victory. Auto horns are blasting, vocally backed by cheers and whistles calling out from my fellow road travelers. A few minimal traffic violations
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 163: A New Meaning Of Compromise](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-163-a-new-meaning-of-compromise/) - “We must all allow for everything. Every presence, every influence, so that we are allowed to be who we are and what we are, naturally, and be true to ourselves. By allowing for everything you are having a form of compromise, however small or large, it is a form of change. And what I would
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 162: Pass The Baton](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-162-pass-the-baton/) - At an unidentified hospital, an unidentified man, undergoes an unidentified invasive procedure. There is no emergency, no ambulance and no remorseful tears. He is a good man, and I am proud to call him friend. With this he has asked me to pick him up, and with my wife included we make a plan for
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 161: Two Negatives Can Add Up To A Positive](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-161-two-negatives-can-add-up-to-a-positive/) - I’m still affected by the onslaught of chance meetings of past 365 friends and of 365 readers. Over the last week this occurrence is accelerating and it happening in a city as vast as Los Angeles has, in a way, knocked me to my knees in wonderment, motivating me to reach out as far as
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 160: Everyone Has A Purpose](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-160-everyone-has-a-purpose/) - I’ll spare you the travel-log today and jump right to expressing the words of today’s friend, Jerry. I do this to allow space for the depth of Jerry’s experience and power of his comments. Even in meeting him, during a visit to Starbucks, the scope of 365 is acutely brought to my attention. Why does
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 159: "Maktub"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-159-maktub/) - I get a random call a couple of days ago, an inquiry directed to me via one of my on-line marketing placements, Production Paradise. For my industry friends, it is a very well populated source for all kinds of media and production resources from around the globe. We have a brief conversation, find our mutual
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 128: Random Acts Of Kindness](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-128-random-acts-of-kindness/) - “Be present and mindful. Not an easy thing to do, to not think about the past, or the future, but to live life in the moment. And Kindness can come from there. “To do it you have to follow your heart and be aware enough to know we are all swayed by the media, politics
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 127: "Wit" Gration](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-127-wit-gration/) - There is a colorful street, ten miles from home. I’ll call it, “The thoroughfare to culinary delight.” I once before ventured here, several weeks ago, when I met the lovely Miss Alice (A Protector of Virtue). And in a way she works in a type wonderland, six city blocks of culture for the palate, and
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 126: The Alta Dena Man](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-126-the-alta-dena-man/) - I have no idea of what is in the air this week… I’m looking at myself… I think I’m the same as I was last Thursday? I’ve showered… stayed polite… even dressed presentable… but if we are looking for a banner record for rejection, the last five days has set the bar for getting “Go
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 125: "One of The Chosen"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-125-one-of-the-chosen/) - He says, “You can share anything I have to say, I just don’t want my picture taken.” There is a jovial confidence in his eyes, a confidence that first grabs my attention as I drive through a Ralphs Supermarket parking lot. 10:30pm, the night air is getting cold, and with four-hours of 365 travels behind
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 124: The Farralone Line](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-124-the-farralone-line/) - There is a dividing line in my neighborhood, one that I have never prescribed too, politicked for, or taken notice of. But it is a boarder none-the-less. We’ll call it the Farralone line, there are no guards, no patrols or even posted signs. Yet for some reason, it has become a discussed crossing line. A
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 123: “To Walk With Them As The Same"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-123-to-walk-with-them-as-the-same/) - Dinner is in one hour and I decide to take a short evening stroll. Just need a little time of introspection to flush out my head. It’s been a buried business day, and albeit a positive one, I welcome a brief escape. Well, I call it a stroll, but you and I both know, it’s
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 122: Taking Care Of Family](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-122-taking-care-of-family/) - I’m standing on a street corner, near my home, no one in sight. To tell the truth, my 365 well is a little low today, been suffering from some sort of lung irritation, but as I’ve promised, 365 will roll forward, in sickness or in health. Plus, I’m sure the outside air is doing me
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 121: “Don’t Rebuild, Reload”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-121-dont-rebuild-reload/) - “We lack the most important word in the dictionary – Cooperation. Without it, we can’t do anything.” It’s an interesting quote coming from, Andrew, a silently powerful intellectual with a path of physical wisdom behind him. What do I mean by physical wisdom? I’ll do my best to explain. Looking at Andrew, it is hard
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 120: Hearts Of Flesh](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-120-hearts-of-flesh/) - I need to make this entry short today, and I’m pretty sure that my new friends, Kim and Danna, will appreciate my reasoning. My daughter just walked away from me, after wanting us to watch a YouTube that is important to her, I responded in regrettable fathering, saying, “Give me a minute, you know how
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 119: "No One Is Perfect"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-120-no-one-is-perfect/) - Here I am, basking in the harsh conditions of a California winter. Yeh, I know the West Coast economy and politics are, for many, less than desirable, but on a day like today, it’s worth the compromise. I have an ongoing joke with a good friend of mine, a transplant to Pennsylvania, he tells me
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 118: A Charge to Optimism](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-118-a-charge-to-optimism/) - Rejection is key tonight. The man working at 7-Eleven, warm not interested; a local auto repair center… “We’re too fried to speak”; the pizza joint, “Life is good, we need to treat each other well, but I’m out.” It’s just the beginning a deluge of rejections. The dry cleaner… “Great idea, don’t want to be
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 117: “No One Wants Bad Karma.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-117-no-one-wants-bad-karma/) - Box City, Fry’s Electronics, Office Depot, you know, you’ve been here, Errand night. It’s 5:45pm, winters do get dark early, don’t they? But there is something about the night air that is spectacular, and I am happy to be out. I am not alone, as expected by my daughter, the promise of shopping, even at
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 116: “The Zen Master of Martial Thought"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-115-the-zen-master-of-martial-thought/) - I break a rule this evening; I’ve promised myself not to mix 365 with my livelihood. A business; that through thick and thin has graciously supported myself, and my family, for the last thirty years of my life. But tonight, the 365 voice is stronger than my reservations, and when a moment of individual time
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Day 115: Readers, Thanks For Sharing Your Photos And Announcing "The Where Do We Live" Reach Out.](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-114-thanks-for-sharing-and-announcing-the-where-do-we-live-reach-out/) - Thanks to all who shared their photos and words. The whole idea spurred a new component to the 365 journey. That component: Your Photos. With this discovery came one more spark of inspiration. That spark, "Richard, you need to invent more opportunities for your readers to contribute to the 365 story." So here is what
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Day 114: Photos and Words From You, My Readers: 12 In And Holding](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-114-words-from-you-12-in-and-holding/) - So far I have received twelve photos. And to those of who have submitted, "A pleasure to meet you!" Thanks for your courage in sharing, you are making some wonderful statements with your words and photographs. I'm extending the collaborating further, and have decided to keep the email door open for one more day, in
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Day 114: Two Photos In So Far... Still Time for Yours.](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-114-two-photos-in-so-far-still-time-for-yours/) - Click Read about the collaboration challenge. You still have 4 hours to contribute. I'd love to have at least 20 photos from around the globe. 2 photos down, 18 to go. Help me out friends. Even a self-portrait with your word is good. Heck, I'm alright with a shot of your written word only. Here
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Day 114: Part One / New Year Collaboration](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-114-part-one-new-year-collaboration/) - Happy almost New Year, or depending on where you are, happy first day of 2012. The past 113 days have been nothing short of miraculous. 365 has grown like a wild fire, and I must express my gratitude to Wordpress and the many others of you who have linked, featured, passed on, and signed up
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 113: “Sic Vis Pacem Para Pellum.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-113-sic-vis-pacem-para-pellum/) - Thirteen has always been a lucky number for me. Perhaps the fact that I am born on May 13th is a contributor to my choice of fortunate digits, or maybe the point that I got my first drivers license on Friday the 13th, and am happy to say my DMV record is stellar, are both
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 112: Keep Trusting](https://sidewalkghosts.com/day-112-keep-trusting/) - In the game of baseball, the rule is “three strikes and you’re out.” Tonight 365 has reformatted, pulling from this sports regulation, a new decree for life. That decree, “Three strikes and you’re in.” I’ll illustrate this in noting the route I take this evening in meeting my day 112 interviewee’s, three best friends, Alicia,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 111: A Protector Of Virtue](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-111-a-protector-of-virtue/) - I’ve spoken often of the youth of today. Tonight’s entry is yet another tribute to the young women of this generation. I’m finding it very interesting how certain messages are starting to rise to the surface, finding their way to us through close clusters of varied interviews. And, I’m unquestionably not seeking continuity, it just
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 110: Rose Colored Glasses](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-110-rose-colored-glasses/) - Arizona was great, but there really is no place like home. I’m happily settling back into my schedule, with only one bummer at hand, having to return my temporary Dodge Durango. It’s a really fun vehicle: Push button starter, back up camera, a memory for seat settings and a very high tech audio system. Please
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 109: “Everybody Has Their Own Desert"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-109-everybody-has-their-own-desert/) - Come rain or shine, city landscapes or barren desert, 365 will roll on, no matter what. So with the failure of my good camera, please excuse the grainy photos from my back up rig. What’s most important are the messages of my friends anyway. Now with that compulsive disclaimer over (my wife calls me a
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 108: "We Are Optimists"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-108-we-are-optimists/) - Christmas day, presents unwrapped, huge meal three digesting, and settling in after a neighborhood walk. A small side note: My family is getting used to me typing my 365 entries, so no matter what is going on, I'm usually somewhere in the background, writing away. Even now, as I journal this entry, across the room
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 107: “Love One Another”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-107-love-one-another/) - I’m slowing a little this week, spending time with my family in enjoying our yearly tradition of Christmas Eve dinner and games. The day has started at around 8am, and split between my in-laws homes, is a typical functional/dysfunctional mix of human relations, the tone depending on who has gotten the most sleep, or has
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 106: “Life Is Like A Buffet, There Is Something For Everyone.”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-106-life-is-like-a-buffet-there-is-something-for-everyone/) - “Life is like a buffet, there is something for everyone.” Good words to hear as I heal from last nights pre-holiday warm up meal. Today, I’m adding to my bloated stomach as we find our selves on a luncheon exploration at not the most typical of Christmas celebratory places, The Goldfield Ghost Town, home to
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 105: Called to Serve](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-105-called-to-serve/) - Christmas is growing closer for many, and with the holiday comes festivities, lights and reflection. Enjoying the magic of glowing Christmas lights is a tradition our family looks forward to each year. Within days after Thanksgiving the questions begin, “Daddy, do you think the lights are up at Candy Cane Lane yet? Can we go
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 98: It's a Pleasure to Meet a Good Father](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-98-its-a-pleasure-to-meet-a-good-father/) - 365 has posed this question, what is a stranger? In the beginning of my journey, I was resolute that a stranger is a person who is completely isolated from my circle of influence. And although this is still a major part of my quest in meeting my friends, I have come to realize that there
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 97: "Photography Truly Is A Powerful Medium"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-97-photography-truly-is-a-powerful-medium/) - We finish day two of our photo shoot today. All goes well, and at wrap, two of my crew friends (for the second day, Tyler, along with the lovely Tonya) do what any respecting photographic artists would do at the end of a successful day… buy shoes. Well, at least that’s Tonya’s plan, and being
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 96: "Face Your Fear"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-96-face-your-fear/) - With the many through lines that are developing within my 365 journey, one that continues this week is the premise of the law of attraction. As Allen stated a few days ago, “I felt no fear as we hit the bunker.” Tonight’s entry builds on this thesis by continuing Allen’s introduction to the concept of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 95: "Just Smile, Man!"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-95-just-smile-man/) - "Just Smile, Man! There is no more to say in describing Janett. I am traveling today with a three-day assignment shoot beginning tomorrow. Wherever I go now, my crew rallies with me for 365. Today is no exception. For the second time, my producer and very talented writer, Michaelbrent Collings, approaches a 365 friend. He
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 94: "Always Remember To Give Back"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-94-always-remember-to-give-back/) - “Don’t let fear dominate your decisions” - straightforward council you might have heard before, words that are easy to hear, but hard to act on. Today I run into Allen, a man who has earned the chops to live by the above mantra. What gives him his perspective? “I will always remember it," he says.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 93: “The Trail Is Our Therapy”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-93-the-trail-is-our-therapy/) - Holiday parties all weekend. Not only am I attending, I’m hosting. Not the best weekend for a long 365 search and article. Can’t figure out exactly where to go. So when my daughter and I hit the road for and errand run, we decide to stop by one of our favorite hiking spots, hoping to
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 92: The Krampus Killers](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-92-the-krampus-killers/) - I’m listening to the radio; a story comes on about an obscure year-end holiday, Krampuslauf, an Austrian celebration that takes place every December 5th. Where on the eve of St. Nicholas’s Day, Austrians celebrate the Krampuslauf (Krampus Run). In folklore, the Krampus is a devilish companion of St. Nicholas who punishes bad children just as
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 91: The Power Of One](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-91-the-power-of-one/) - The Social Network has made the world a much smaller planet. Hold that thought for later, but for now I’m going to give you a little confession. Yes, I’ll admit it, even though I remember the days of the fax machine, and admit to having received one or two documents via messenger, I have embraced
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 90: "Thanks For The Challenge Sir!"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-90-thanks-for-the-challenge-sir/) - Hope, Faith, Peace, Love, Belief: Hardly the words you would find in a place of fighting. Right? If you have ever practiced martial arts, perhaps these words resonate with you, or perhaps not? I guess that depends on the discipline and respect of the Master you are studying under. Hope, Faith, Peace, Love, Belief: Sure
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 89: The Motley Crew Presents A Better World](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-89-the-motley-crew-presents-a-better-world/) - It is beyond me how almost three months have passed since starting 365. Time has flown by and I’ve lost mental count of the many experiences it has brought to me. I have met amazing people, all of whom have shared knowledge, wisdom and words that have hopefully edified us all. For almost ninety days
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 88: "Stay Alive"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-88-stay-alive-2/) - I'm out with my family tonight. We stop to get gas and are approached by a desperate looking woman. "Please can you help me, We need to get home to Pomona, and we don't have enough gas." I'm not sure if I have sucker written all over my face or I'm just charitable. Either way,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 87: The Key, "Give Back"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-87-the-key-give-back-2/) - On any given night, in any given city, at any given time, there are amazing secret happenings. Silent acts of giving, compassion and of service to humanity. No selfless deed is unrewarded, and tonight I meet a young lady who exemplifies works of good. I speak regularly about my chin-up and eyes-wide-open philosophy. That is,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 86: "Look Dad, Bubbles"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-86-look-dad-bubbles-2/) - At day 86, all I can say is, “I’m still in” 365 has been quite the quest, and not only do I pay homage to all who have so graciously contributed in allowing me to photograph them, but to you, my readers. Many of you have stood by my side from the beginning. From Hawaii
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 85: "The Framing Fairy"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-dat-85-the-framing-fairy-2/) - "My childhood was fun, crazy and wonderful. Mom was the social coordinator and dad was the orchestra leader. I would have had an ideal upbringing, all except for one thing, my dad's drinking." One of the many reflections from Patrick, today's 365 friend. In regards to his growing up, Patrick is enthusiastic, as he exuberantly
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 84: Look, Listen, Do](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-84-look-listen-do-2/) - "There is no step by step way to life, All I know is you are supposed to help people." After two hours of driving tonight, Santa Ana winds howling at my car, the air stills long enough for me to find Lawrence, who shares the above quote on life. Yet it is more than still
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 83: "Treat Every Day Like It Is Christmas."](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-83-treat-every-day-like-it-is-christmas-2/) - Last night I promised you a continued story as I briefly introduced you to John. A young man of few words, but what he does say is impactful, "Cherish your family." Yes I meet more than John last evening, I am also introduced to his uncle Gabriel (AKA, Bob), who manages the Christmas Tree lot
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 82: "Cherish Your Family!"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-82-cherish-your-family-2/) - Definitely the shortest entry to date. Why? I've been asked to return tomorrow. And from what I've found out so far. A follow-up visit is well worth while. I'll be back with the full story mañana. For now we'll keep it sweet and simple with one note of wisdom from John. "Cherish your family!" Great
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 81: United We Stand, United We Grow](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-81-united-we-stand-united-we-grow-2/) - Stage mom's of the world, take note. Here is one of the best. Today I'm casting to create three foe families. Sounds easy, but it is quite a daunting task, trying to find people not linked by blood to fit together as a believable family. Almost two hundred people have visited us today (us, I
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 80: Of Dreams and Dreamers](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-80-of-dreams-and-dreamers-2/) - OK, you guys are in my life now. 80 days of 365 behind us. You have been with me through dark hostels, airports, Hawaiian tourist traps, edgy laundromats, football fields and rainy nights in naming a few. We've had a few laughs, shed a few tears and survived a few scary moments with people of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 79: "Just Another Day In Paradise"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-79-just-another-day-in-paradise-2/) - "The way I try to live my life? Positive mind set, and not focusing on the negative." "I Like to use this quote and I say it at least ten time a day, "Just another day in paradise.'" There is no busy travel journal today, I do not profess placing myself in a vicarious situation
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 78: "It's Never Too Late"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-78-its-never-too-late-2/) - The tribute to the future continue with Monica. I meet her this evening while enjoying a night out with my family. Monica is one of those rare people that radiates happiness. Something I pick up on at first glance. So much so, I am even a little intimidated to interrupt her stride as she energetically
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 77: "Whatever It Is, We Are Part Of Something"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-77-whatever-it-is-we-are-part-of-something-2/) - It's Thursday morning and I'm prepping for the afternoon Thanksgiving meal to come. It's the one meal of the year that is pure gluttony married to a feast with a purpose: "To be thankful for my blessings and the family that I have." As dysfunctional as it can be at times, I still love them,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 76: Hair, Healing and Helping Small Business](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-76-hair-healing-and-helping-small-business-2/) - "We've known each other for 28 - 29 years." Says Ashley, owner of Ashley's Sizzorz Palace of her friend Sharon. Both women who first hand know the meaning of self-reliance and positive forward thinking. There is no quick path to telling their stories. Two hours I spend visiting with them, even meet Ashley's husband, Victor
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 75: The Master Of Confusion](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-75-the-master-of-confusion-2/) - "A positive plus a positive is a positive; a negative plus a negative is a positive; a positive plus a negative is a positive or a negative." "Keep your eyes up." "Even when I'm looking down, I'm looking up" "What you see in life is a lie." "Do the first thing that comes into your
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 74: A Good Father](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-74-a-good-father-2/) - Flu is in the air and I hope I'm dodging a bullet. Not sure yet, two hot showers and the chills stay hold of me. The sun is dropping, and with contracting stomach, I'm not feeling that motivated. Even though it's rather early, 4:30pm, the thought of being too far away from the sanctuary of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 73: "Animals Don't Have A Voice"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-73-animals-dont-have-a-voice-2/) - "It's raining cats and dogs outside," Animal lovers, please forgive the reference, I mean no harm, the only way to explain the down pour in my area of the woods today. Really... I come from a great lineage of animal lovers: Dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, fish, horses, rats, guinea pigs and reptiles. The list goes
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 72: It's All Thumbs-Up!](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-72-its-all-thumbs-up-2/) - It's been a while since my family and I have gone for our frozen yogurt fix, so tonight we decide to hit Mencie's for sweets. Again we are greeted by the dynamic duo, Brandon and Aaron (The Future Is In Their Hands vs. No Rest For The Weary). Time is flying and it is hard
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 71: "Everyone Has The Potential To Do Good"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-71-everyone-has-the-potential-to-do-good-2/) - This is my entry from last night (due to a few WIFI issues and the failure of my mobile app). The Museum trapped me away from the technology I needed to upload, making it necessary for me to upload in daylight hours. What's the Museum? Read on and you'll understand. 12:03am: Just settling to write
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 70: For the Love of Dogs](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-70-for-the-love-of-dogs-2/) - “I’m cheating!” These are the words my husband, Richard, springs on me this morning. “What?” He continues to unload his burden: “I’m cheating. When the dog groomer called to confirm our appointment, I just couldn’t help myself. I asked her if she would be my 365 subject for the day. How could I do that?
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 69: "Welcome To Our Neighborhood," Or Is That? "There's A Fire In My Pocket!"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-69-welcome-to-our-neighborhood-or-is-that-theres-a-fire-in-my-pocket-2/) - Kamala tells me, "We are all connected; cousins, long time friends, a full-on family. We all do what we love to do, and are here to encourage each other. This place is all about community; yoga, good food, play and lots of dancing. I never though I would be a fire dancer, but here I am
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 68: Walking Key Art For The Positive](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-68-walking-key-art-for-the-positive-2/) - Say "Hi " to Nicole, the first face I see this evening as I arrive to an ad agency gathering. She is so welcoming. I have to ask her to be part of 365. I'm going to be short and to-the-point tonight. We all have to get some sleep now and then. Nicole is one
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 67: Looking Between The Lines](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-67-looking-between-the-lines-2/) - Several weeks ago I reported on two people I met at a local Laundromat: The Colonel and Antoinette. If you remember, I spent hours with them and it was quite an experience. But there was one encounter that evening which has haunted me since that evening, and rightfully so: it is a deep story and
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 66: The Maker Of Things](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-66-the-maker-of-things-2/) - Sundays are tough days to get out. It's the one day of the week I do my best to covet as much time as possible for spiritual and dedicated family time So when I invite my DP friend Bruce along for the ride, I welcome his invitation to join him in a visit to one
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 65: "Some Meetings Are Meant To Be"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-65-some-meetings-are-meant-to-be-2/) - Trust me, the start-up of this blog entry may seem a bit like vanity at first. Bear with me, it weaves into my encounter today. Not sure if I have told you this: "I was raised in Las Vegas." Best not to play cards with me, it's a loosing proposition. I've got the Sin City
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 64: Words As Written By Jim.](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-64-words-as-written-by-jim-2/) - I return to Silvino's today, friends of 365 day 7, "The King and Queen of Hollywood," Thought I had met everyone that is running this family=owned business. I am wrong. Andrea, sister of proprietor Silvino, asks me. "How is 365 going?" My response is easy, "Great. It's under my skin. Sometimes I do get a
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 63: World Look Out! Creative Is Steaming Forward](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-63-world-look-out-creative-is-steaming-forward-2/) - As a swore I would never do again, I find myself in an indoor shopping mall again. Not sure why, but as I travel with my daughter (I'm telling you she is becoming my 365 partner), it is undeniable that I am supposed to be here. We enter, myself hoping for a short visit. In
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 62: "Champion Of The People"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-62-champion-of-the-people-2/) - "Persevere, don't accept anything less than what you want." Words right out of the mouth of musician Brian, the man I meet this evening at a prominent Los Angeles rehearsal stage. This guy is way chill and has much to say about life, fellow-man and society. What hits me like a ton of bricks about
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 61: "Consider Living In The Real World."](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-61-consider-living-in-the-real-world-2/) - A stranger walks into my house this day and a friend departs. The story starts with Elizabeth (not pictured), a past intern, turned friend, turned New York emerging photographer. She is in town this week and has stopped by to chat and borrow some equipment. By her side is her studio manager, Gina, the lady
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 60: "All I Want Is Fairness"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-60-all-i-want-is-fairness-2/) - 5:30pm, driving home from dropping my daughter at her drama class, when I spy a worn motor home in the parking lot of Big Lots. At first it is a shadow in my eye-line, but as I drive away I find myself unable to shake its sighting and have to investigate. I make a few
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 59: "Things Are Looking Up!"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-59-photos-tonight-words-tomorrow-2/) - Wence, man of humility, family concern and artistic vision Mat and Armando, Canoga Park historians and ambassadors of the Valley Day Of The Dead, Dia De Los Muertos: The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It's a big deal in Mexican
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 58: "Is The World A Better Place Because I Was In It?"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-58-is-the-world-a-better-place-because-i-was-in-it-2/) - I'm hanging in the reception area of Bodies in Motion, a gym that I teach spinning at every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Having just finished my Saturday Drill Sergeant role in pushing my group for 60 minutes, I have decided to chill while waiting for my wife to pick me up for a ride home.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 57: "I'm Ready For My Photo!"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-57-im-ready-for-my-photo-2/) - I'm back at my local Ralph's parking lot. Why? I've held a little secret regarding last night's meeting with Monica and Matthew. Flash back: Monica and Matthew are in front of the camera and as we are concluding our photo shoot an unknown face pops into my frame. A happy, inquisitive lady, sporting an Eat,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 56: By Chance Or Not? You Decide](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-56-by-chance-or-not-you-decide-2/) - Matthew and Monica, Art Institute Students, Kids of Wisdom Please believe me as I tell you that I am not going yogi on you with the metaphysical. But I have to tell you this 365 thing is very strange at times, still leading me to the right people, with the right message, at the right
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 55: "My Kids Like To Talk To Me"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-55-my-kids-like-to-talk-to-me-2/) - For the past 55 days I've openly written about my life, my journeys and the people I meet. For four-weeks I have been especially exposed with so much time away from my family, so today I have embraced time with my daughter, sunrise to sunset, and it's been great. One more level to know about
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 54: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-54-society-of-vertebrate-paleontology-2/) - Last night I picked it up while in flight, sharing my tale of noise pollution and briefly reviewing September 9th's motivation to start 365 – again, an on-plane sensory experience of aromatic perspective. This evening the air travel angels are with me, being seated next to the most charming Italian couple, beautiful dancer Giorgia, and very
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 53: The City Of Brotherly Love](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-53-the-city-of-brotherly-love-2/) - I'm going to do things a little different today. On a plane as I write this entry. No idea of who I'm going to photograph today. Had a short conversation with the flight crew, but no takers. Got to give them credit for what they do in making us all comfortable. What is it with
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 52: "Living Life The Right Way"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-52-living-life-the-right-way-2/) - This has not been the leisurely Sunday I have hoped for. I've got to fly out to the East Coast in the morning, have been jamming to color correct a project and need to deliver it first thing this week. Even though 365 is deep under my skin, I have to admit, at times it
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 51: Leader Of The Community Brigade](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-51-leader-of-the-community-brigade-2/) - It's Saturday afternoon. I've got a good head-start on 365 today, having run into Myly at the local farmers' market gone art-wild. At 51 days, my family has been patient. Sacrificing seeing me, even throwing me out of the house to work on 365. For the sake of wife and daughter, today I think I'm
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 50: The Future Is In Good Hands](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-50-the-future-is-in-good-hands-2/) - From left to right: Shane, Saya and Kevin Not far down the road is seasonal winter wonderland. An outdoor ice skating rink that somehow shows up, almost overnight, every October: Same place, same date, same theme. I've driven past it year after year, always saying to myself, "one day I'll take my family California skating."
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 49: Music Is Your Friend](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-49-music-is-your-friend-2/) - Sitting in the car, Michaelbrent driving. I've asked for the third time, "who is playing on the stereo." He says, "if you ask me again, I'm going to punch you." So engrossed in my entry, I've asked him the same questing four times in ten minutes. Some people can be too touchy, can't they. But
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 48: ... Of Hope Itself](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-48-of-hope-itself-2/) - Hello, dear blog readers, random curiosity seekers, and people who stumbled onto this site while looking for the newest celebrity trainwreck (nothing here about the Khardashians, sorry). You may notice a bit of a difference in this blog entry. There’s a reason for that. And the reason is simply this: I’m not Richard. Instead, you’re
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 47: "You've Got To Have Respect For Other People"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-47-youve-got-to-have-respect-for-other-people-2/) - Last night I introduced you to Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Boal, promising to tell you of my experience with him. Here we go. Bottom line, it was a roller coaster ride. Flashback: Antoinette and I wrap up our interview, Colonel nowhere in sight. Pretty sure he has left to the liquor store a few doors down.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 46: "Ten Minutes Of Photography, Two-Hours Of Humanity."](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-46-ten-minutes-of-photography-two-hours-of-humanity-2/) - Antoinette, 30 year veteran teacher to our California youth You're in the passenger seat with me. We're cruising through suburbia and into the corner shopping center. Radio is on and we're chilling to the tunes. Suddenly the music becomes silent. How can this be, we still hear volume, yet nothing is going in to our
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 45: Got To Love Faithful, Hard-Working Mothers](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-45-got-to-love-faithful-hard-working-mothers-2/) - There is no long journey or hours of driving. Just a simple Sunday stroll. I am accompanied again this evening by my neighbor and good friend Dan. Looks like he may become a Sunday regular. Great to travel with him. Perhaps with his eye watching my back, we'll start digging into a few riskier situations.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 44: One Liners and Well Delivered Meds.](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-44-one-liners-and-well-delivered-meds-2/) - Curtis, pharmacist and emerging entertainer. A typical Saturday in Radstoneland: I give you the beats. • Teach Spinning, announce next weeks Halloween costume ride. What will I wear (you'll just have to wait for the report)? • Best Buy for more iPad stuff. I'm telling you, "the thing is a drug addiction." • Purchase new
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 43: It's All About The Children](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-43-its-all-about-the-children-2/) - Susan - dedicated gymnastics instructor since 1979 I am so enjoying the red gym mats, somewhere on the North side of Pierce College. It's Friday night gymnastics class for my girl. After 42 days of 365 wandering, I think it is only fair I steal an hour to chill. But full chill it cannot be,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 42: "I'm A Leo, I Like Having My Picture Taken"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-42-im-a-leo-i-like-having-my-picture-taken-2/) - Halloween on the horizon, pumpkin patches opening all through the city, I decide to pull into to one to see what happens. Up to the sales desk I walk, introducing myself to the owner, a very interesting looking, hatted man. He jokingly declines my 365 invitation, "I'm too famous, but you can photograph one of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 41: Johnny Be Good](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-41-johnny-be-good-2/) - "Live life to the fullest, Time to work is time to work, time to play is time to play." Johnny's mantra. Driving home after a dinner with friends and family. I come across a group of bikers. Actually my second group of bikers. It was only 20 minutes ago when I was rejected by about
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 40: The Hang Out Zone - Demystified](https://sidewalkghosts.com/369-day-40-the-hang-out-zone-demystified-2/) - "It's impossible to go through life without problems," and at only 20, Aaron has had his share. But this young man is remarkable. I'll start this entry with a few Aaron quotes. They really do set the stage for who he is, and the experience credentials he has earned early in his years – some
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 39: Call To Action In Helping A Neighbor](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-39-call-to-action-in-helping-a-neighbor-2/) - For the last 38 meetings I have taken long notes; there is no need for that in interviewing my latest new friend Miguel. His story hits home in a very poignant way. The economy has affected us all hard over the last years. Miguel is a testament to the depth of its effect on hard-working
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 38: "Some Make It A Bigger Deal Than It Has To Be"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-38-some-make-it-a-bigger-deal-than-it-has-to-be-2/) - I start today at Vista Ford, home of my tragic leasing experience some fifteen years ago. For some reason I am inspired to visit the establishment once again. Don't know why, but my gut is telling me it is where I need to start my 365 quest today. I get this internal message loud and
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 37: "Please Salute Our At Home Heroes"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-37-please-salute-our-at-home-heroes-2/) - For those of you who don't know what spinning is. Put this in your mind: One hour of high intensity peddling, ever-changing grades of resistance, high tempo music and a room full of riders pushing to burn calories. 500 to 800 calories to be exact. Add to that a drill sergeant barking motivation to you,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 36: It's Like Sitting With Neighbors On A Summer Night.](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-36-its-like-sitting-with-neighbors-on-a-summer-night-2/) - I drive to Bob's Big Boy, home of more than great hamburgers. Seems that every Friday night it becomes the center of cool car nirvana. I arrive 6sh, sun setting in the background. The scene is building; with cars, motorcycles, classic to muscle, arriving for the evenings festivities. Cliques of every kind are forming, as
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 35: A New Definition For "LOL"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-35-a-new-definition-for-lol-2/) - Hair and nail day for the Radstone women and a chance for me to take five from the office. For my haircut, the usual routine is a meeting with my wife, trusty number 2 blade length, and a an electric shaver. You see, mother nature has found a wonderful way to save us $60 bucks
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 34: Live, Life, Laughter](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-34-live-life-laughter-2/) - Tonight I spend the evening with my daughter. We decide to take a 365 drive, not thinking of any route, just seeing who we run into. We stop here and there to chat with a few people. Great conversations of community and purpose, but none are willing to step in front of the camera. Still,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 33: "Get Off Your Butt and Exercise!"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-33-get-off-your-butt-and-exercise-2/) - It's been an incredibly long day. Rise early, shoot SCE campaign, wrap day and the return last of unused supplies. This evening I'm traveling with my friend, and crew member, Danny. Having finalized the unpacking of a rented van, we set path for home. As we drive, Danny, knowing of my 365 projects, says! "Look
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 32: "Every Person Is A Reflection"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-32-every-person-is-a-reflection-2/) - They say it take twenty-one days for something to become a habit. I propose it takes thirty-two days for something to become a magnet. Tomorrow I shoot an SCE campaign. After one week away I had a lot of catch-up to do. My producer was out with a killer migraine, leaving a bunch of pre-shoot
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 31: Introducing Dr. D](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-31-introducing-dr-d-2/) - Hawaii flight on ground and legs back on Los Angeles soil, I take the Flyaway bus to Van Nuys. My usual airport strategy for getting home quickly... or so it usually goes. As tonight has it, I wait 1 1/2 hours at the airport (suck), am rejected by all the people I approach, and share
- [SideWalk Ghosts / My Homage to The Men and Women of JPAC](https://sidewalkghosts.com/my-homage-to-the-men-and-women-of-jpac-2/) - I'm flying back from my Hawaiian journey. October 9th, 2011, exactly one month since the beginning of 365. Sitting in flight, reviewing the impact this trip has had on me, as well as my days working with JPAC (Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command), I find myself meditative once again. The week fresh in my mind, I
- [SideWalk Ghosts5 / Interview 30: "Laughter Brings Happiness"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-30-laughter-brings-happiness-2/) - Today marks my last evening in Hawaii and the official end to the workshop I've been sharing with JPAC all week. It's been an amazing journey working with great and incredibly unique people, many of whom I am now proud to call true friends. On this last day of Hawaii time, I steal the opportunity
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 29: Irina, "You Saved Me From Failure."](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-29-irina-you-saved-me-from-failure-2/) - If you've been reading my blog, you know I'm in Hawaii on business this week. Last night, I ranted a little about being trapped in Hilton resort solitary confinement. One would think that the smart side of me would have taken another journey away from Hawaiian Village. But leaning on the not so intelligent side
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 28: For The Love Of The Islands](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-28-for-the-love-of-the-islands-2/) - Tonight my faith in humanity is strengthened. There is no need to talk to heavily of the day. You've heard enough of my whereabouts this week. Need only to make one personal statement: "I have to get out of this hotel to meet some other people!" New friends of the week, know that there is
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 27: It's Hello To The World](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-27-its-hello-to-the-world-2/) - I have to admit, "tonight I'm waisted." A week of long days is slowing me a little. 11:00pm and fighting to keep my eyes open. Since my arrival here 5 days ago, It's been full throttle. Wake up at 5:45am, hit the pillow at 1:00am. You've got to allow me this moment of numbness, so
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 26: In Tribute to Men of Honor](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-26-in-tribute-to-men-of-honor-2/) - Tonight I shake hand's with men of honor. A great and uplifting way to bring a very long day to a close. The working day behind us, my good friend Thiep and I walk into Schooner's for a dinner conversation. It's a cool little restaurant just outside of Pearl Harbor. We walk in and I
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 25: Travel Photos Anyone?](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-25-travel-photos-anyone-2/) - Tonight finds me beach combing once again. The sun dropping out of the sky like a bullet. I feel a twinge of concern slowly falling upon me, thinking it will be a shame to miss a Hawaiian sunset portrait. Having just returned from the workshop I am teaching this week, I'm still dressed in my
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 24: The Naked Systems Analyst](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-24-the-naked-systems-analist-2/) - This has been quiet a day. Now 11:41pm and finally getting to post my entry. So much today to share, but I'm sure you're most curious about today's 365 friend. So tonight, I give you a reprieve from the Radstone day history. Let's jump right in! Introducing today's 365 friend. The set up: Unbelievable. I
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 23: "We're Kind Of A Big Deal – People Know Us"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-23-were-kind-of-a-big-deal-people-know-us-2/) - Alexis and Joshua. Two of the funniest, most positive and warmest people I have ever met. Made it to Honolulu today. Beginning day one of my Hawaii experience. I'll be here until the 9th presenting a workshop to a very cool division of the military. A group called JPAC, they find our MIA's. I'm working
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 22 The Future Is In Their Hands vrs. No Rest For The Weary](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-22-the-future-is-in-their-hands-vrs-no-rest-for-the-weary-2/) - Meet Brandon and Aaron I remain true to my enthusiasm to the 365; however, tonight I admit, I'm ready to have this evening's entry done. The tired is setting in. Tomorrow an 8am flight awaits me, traveling to a five-day workshop I'm presenting in Hawaii. My wife and daughter continue to be very supportive and
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 21: "We're All In This Life Together"](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-21-were-all-in-this-life-together-2/) - Hit the local shopping mall tonight. Never again! Takes me 30 minutes to walk there. And the place is filled with conservative shoppers. Not to say I'm bagging on conservatism, or that they would not be interesting to photograph. It's just nothing is grabbing me at the gut. But, I'm here. It's a new experience
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 20: “Canadians are a lot like Americans”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-20-canadians-are-a-lot-like-americans-2/) - “How did you get out,” I ask. __________________________________________________ “Simply,” he says, “with a gun and not a passport.” __________________________________________________ 20 days in, I'm on a high. There is a reason greater than myself propelling me through this self-challenge. It's taking hold of me. I leave my house at 6:30pm, carrying the usual 30 pounds of
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 19: Living The Dream, Respect and The Cradle](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-19-living-the-dream-respect-and-the-cradle-2/) - Jiu-Jutsu Black Belt / Head Instructor and Business Partner Juan Pablo Garcia (under professor Alberto Crane) Started my 365 quest at around 7pm tonight. As usual, with camera bag on shoulder. If there has been any night so far that I thought would leave me empty-handed, it's this one. I lost count of how many
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 18: A Tale of Tri Tip and Smiles From Heaven](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-18-a-tale-of-tri-tip-and-smiles-from-heaven-2/) - Nicke, Hawaii Regular and 8 year Henri's Veteran I'm needing to make tonight's entry rather short and sweet. Quite a day today. I won't go into details, but one note to share. I've been telling everyone about 365. A few ask me, "why are you doing this?" There are two general answers: First, "loving meeting
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 17: Water Really Does Seek Its Own Level](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-17-water-really-does-seek-its-own-level-2/) - I'm growing to love my 365 Sunday neighborhood strolls. Yep, Lived in my house for 9 years, though I knew the area. And in only two weeks of 365 outings, am beginning to realize I really know nothing about the people who live so near to me, and how amazing they are. Everyone has a
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 16: Tony Montana is a Romantic](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-16-tony-montana-is-a-romantic-2/) - "We Need to Help Our Kids" Nelson: Father, Businessman, Next Silver Screen Gangsta Tonight my wife and I go out for a date night, thanks to the neighbors dinner invite of our daughter. It's been a month since we've had some "us time," and we decide to hit one of our favorite haunts, King's Fish
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 15: 200 Strangers, A Blues Man and A Survivor: Part Two](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-15-200-strangers-a-blues-man-and-a-survivor-part-two-2/) - "I'm Banished From the Wundr Studio at Helms" Crew boot behind me (Read 365 Day 15 / 200 Strangers, A Blues Man and A Survivor: Part One), I wander the Helms Bakery complex. Straight ahead are tons of people enjoying drinks at the local drink stop. I walk towards the crowd. An eclectic bunch, everything
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 15: 200 Strangers, A Blues Man and A Survivor: Part One](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-15-200-strangers-a-blues-man-and-a-survivor-part-one-2/) - "That Casting I've Been Talking About" Today I meet around 200 strangers. Well, kind of? It was a casting and not exactly like approaching strangers on the street. But, I have to say that they still are people I am meeting for the first time. That makes them strangers, Right? My crew, begs to differ.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 14: "There is Always a Way, You Just Have to Want It Bad Enough."](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-14-gym-dancing-graphic-design-2/) - Still in pre-production for SCE. Started at 8am today. It's now 9pm and I'm just wrapping the evening. Casting tomorrow and we will see what it brings. Keeping me going right now is the music of Lady Gaga's Poker Face, with full dancing performance by my daughter. She's having a blast using photo booth to
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 13: The Poet](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-13-the-poet-2/) - 10:30pm, day not over. Still have a bit of work to do for that SCE project I'm producing and shooting. I've been watching the clock all day, looking for my chance to break away for a 365 outing. Finally at 9sh and watching the clock tick away, I peel myself from my desk, grab the
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 12: “The World is the World”](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-12-the-world-is-the-world-2/) - Tonight my wife and I go for an evening drive. I'm slowly sucking her into my daily routine of meeting new people. We end up stopping at Warner Center Park, just a couple of miles from our home. A little bit about Warner Center Park, other than its three claims to fame: Summer outdoor concerts, night
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 11: I'll Take the Lab – Otto Style](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-11-ill-take-the-lab-otto-style-2/) - OK cut to the chase. My eyes are watering and the room is a blur. I've barely eaten today and have spent the last 2 hours trying to be intellectual in my writing tonight. The day has been insane. It's rapidly approaching midnight, still not done with the day's business. And now it's really time
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 10: 15 Years of Passion](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-10-15-years-of-passion-2/) - Shabbir, Small Business Owner: Canoga Park Florist Sunday afternoon, my day for spiritual worship and family time. I'm sure many of us covet this day to refill our wells for the week to come. 10 days into 365 and Sundays are already becoming the hardest day to get my butt moving. But two things I
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 9: Less Violence, More Fixies](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-9-less-violence-more-fixies-2/) - Vincent and Angel, Age 18 - sponsored Riders: JB Bike Shop #2 Went for a walk today. Strolling down Sherman Way in Canoga Park I came across a cool little bike shop, J.B Bike Shop #2. Great place, very urban, met the owner Antonio as I browsed, mingling with his mechanic and a few customers.
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 8: The Betty Boop of Wilmington Ohio](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-8-the-betty-boop-of-wilmington-ohio-2/) - Tonight I'm traveling from a location scout in San Diego. Feeling rather fried and having my dear old Mum's apartment on the route home, I drop by her place to say "hi." As all mothers do, she pulls me in for dinner, something no self-respecting British man can decline. You have to know my mum,
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 7: The King and Queen of Hollywood](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-7-the-king-and-queen-of-hollywood-2/) - When you think of the west coast photo scene, you may think of a who's who list of name photographers, but today I met true photographic royalty. Meet Silvino and his sister Andrea, two incredibly hard-working people. I've known of Silvino's name for years as one synonymous with quality flash equipment repair. His reputation is
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 6: The Book of James](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-6-the-book-of-james-2/) - "Let The Love Come to You" Day 6, almost one week into 365. Only 359 days to go. The good thing is, so far my family is on board. Tonight my daughter and I pass Taft High on our way home from dinner out with a friend. In the parking lot are a dozen or
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 5: It’s More Than The News Coverage](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-day-5-its-more-than-the-news-coverage-2/) - I ask, “Where are you from?” He says, “Wherever I’m passing by." Today I had the opportunity to photograph the news anchors of Univision 34, Los Angeles. A great group of people to work with and a ton of fun to shoot. Can't post the photos right now, but soon you will see them all
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 4: Fish Out Of Water Saved By Francis the Key Guy](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-fish-out-of-water-saved-by-francis-the-key-guy-2/) - Take one middle class Caucasian man, dressed like a college golfer; put him in a very diverse Spanish-speaking park; place a camera around his neck and paperwork in his hand. Then have him loiter around the teen center – at night mind you. Sound suspicious? Perhaps? I was not really thinking too soundly on this
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 3: Wrap Bracelets by Alishia](https://sidewalkghosts.com/wrap-bracelets-by-alishia-2/) - Alishia, 21 - Bracelet Designer So here I am, casing the neighborhood and feeling strangely like Ozzie going to borrow a cup of sugar for Harriet. No not Ozzy Osborn, but Ozzie Nelson. What?!, Who?! Ozzie Nelson??! If you don't know the sitcom, Ozzie and Harriet were the ideal TV family and ran on ABC from
- [SideWalk Ghosts / Interview 2: Driving Forward](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-driving-forward-2/) - Today's entry - Travel log style. 11:30am: Early lunch with family. Almost decide to shoot Chef Abraham. Discouraged by the lunch rush, I pass on the prospect, 1:00pm: Frys Electronics, Kill two birds with one stone. How? Buy wireless keypad for iPad and spend enjoyable 30 minutes in demo massage chair. Now healed from the
- [SideWalk Ghosts: Introducing 365 Strangers in 365 Days](https://sidewalkghosts.com/365-strangers-365-days-2-2/) - Slava, 61 – Professional Chauffeur I ask him to share a hobby, after a moment of thought he said in a deep dialect, "guitar." I ask him to tell me his favorite tune, he laughs and is silent. A few moments pass, then he says, "A Russian song." I let it go at that, and

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- [Episode 38: Over The Dystopia](https://sidewalkghosts.com/?elementor_library=episode-38-over-the-dystopia) - A seasoned career man drops his walls to speak of higher priorities.
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- [POST TEMPLATE](https://sidewalkghosts.com/?elementor_library=post-template) - [ From the Archives of 365 ] “I’d like to see younger people in the government. We need more young people in power. And what I mean about power is young people able to make decisions. They have a fresher perspective and listen to the people. It does not matter if they are Democrat or
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- [Episode 37: Skull Stuff](https://sidewalkghosts.com/?elementor_library=episode-37-skull-stuff) - A crazy weirdo artist who makes skull stuff talks of the world we are walking toward.
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- [Episode 35: Might We Walk Together](https://sidewalkghosts.com/?elementor_library=episode-35-might-we-walk-together) - At 27, his words are mature beyond his years. In them bold permission to look away from the safe-haven of popular trend and beyond the cliques of globally thrown perspectives – Even cause to inventory our own lives in realizing just how powerful our individual impact upon others can be. ..
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- [fine art](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/fine-art/)
- [first impression](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/first-impression/)
- [Friendship](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/friendship/)
- [getting along](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/getting-along/)
- [giving back](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/giving-back/)
- [god](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/god/)
- [good works](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/good-works/)
- [happiness](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/happiness/)
- [helping](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/helping/)
- [honesty](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/honesty/)
- [Human Interest](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/human-interest/)
- [Implanted Microchips](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/implanted-microchips/)
- [joy](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/joy/)
- [judgement](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/judgement/)
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- [laws of attraction](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/laws-of-attraction/)
- [live](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/live/)
- [living life](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/living-life/)
- [motherhood](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/motherhood/)
- [Operation-365](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/operation-365/)
- [overcoming fear](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/overcoming-fear/)
- [parenting](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/parenting/)
- [passion](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/passion/)
- [pay it forward](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/pay-it-forward/)
- [personal growth](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/personal-growth/)
- [photography](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/photography/)
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- [portraiture](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/portraiture/)
- [Project3-365](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/project3-365/)
- [Respect](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/respect/)
- [self reliance](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/self-reliance/)
- [self-improvement](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/self-improvement/)
- [sharing](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/sharing/)
- [Social Reform](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/social-reform/)
- [society](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/society/)
- [story telling](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/story-telling/)
- [technology](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/technology/)
- [the environment](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/the-environment/)
- [the future](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/the-future/)
- [the golden rule](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/the-golden-rule/)
- [understanding](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/understanding/)
- [wars](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/wars/)
- [wisdom council](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/wisdom-council/)
- [words of wisdom](https://sidewalkghosts.com/sidewalk ghostsbyrichardradstone/words-of-wisdom/)
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